So if you asked me to name a world-famous symbol of the US, I’d say Statue of Liberty, or Empire State Building. England? Big Ben or Tower Bridge. France? That’s easy! Eiffel Tower. Germany? Brandenburg Gate. Bulgaria? … Bulgaria? What’s the global symbol of Bulgaria? Until a month ago I would have had no clue.
To be honest I found the horseman a bit anticlimactic. Yes, I understand that it was carved here 1300 years ago, and that’s cool, but I think I was expecting something a little larger (that’s what she said).
The climb up to the Roman fortress was fantastic, though! The cliffs reminded me of the album cover of Yes’s Relayer album. It wasn’t the first time, and wouldn’t be the last, I wished I had some acid with me.
The steps were everything I’d read. Pretty steep, and a lot of them. Really fun!
You know, sometimes views are views. The photo doesn’t really capture it. It was cool, though! Really windy, too, which added to the experience.
The fortress was kind of odd. Obviously the walls had been added to, and there was no explanatory information. The climb up and back down was really fun, though, and without a Roman fortress of some kind at the top you couldn’t really climb to a Roman fortress now could you?