IMG_7611 - After our visits we walked around Arbanasi. Bulgaria is famous for its roses, the national symbol, and rose oil.
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IMG_7613 - Many parks in the Balkans have adult exercise machines.
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IMG_7616 - These tall evergreens with the droopy branchlets are Norway spruce. We first noticed them in Transylvania.
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IMG_7618 - The next valley south, at Kazanlak, is called the Valley of Roses, and has an annual Rose Festival.
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