Photos Page / Lin and Chris go to Yantra - September 2008

Including a visit to Lovech, Emen Gorge and Rakia-making.

The Garden at the hotel in Lovech	The back of the house after...	Gabrovo	Lin and Chris, and a small selection...	Dinner at Strannopriemnitsa
Lin and Chris	The craftsmen's quarter in Veliko...	Look at the size of my wad !	The most exciting event of the day in...	Sorting the sheep.....
....from the goats.	Ricky 2, with evil eyes.	Kay's objets trouvés (French for bits...	More old bits of wooden stuff	In the renovated barn
The renovated barrn	A pot from the strange old lady in...	The renovated barn, featuring a Skoda...	Inside the barn. Look at all that wood!	Arty view though to back garden
Just waiting for the door to be fitted.	View over Lovech	Why are there always so many steps?	A big Vasil Levski at Lovech	The fortress at Lovech
Chris and view	A view of Kay	A view of Lovech	Scarily high up on the battlements,...	From the battlements
Mad museum curator at Lovech....	I have no idea what he's saying....	The last time I saw legs like that,...	That must be hard on the chin,...	...but Ricky 2 looks like he's quite...
....and Steven looks pretty...	At the Strannopriemnitsa for lunch	The courtyard - a bit wet today.	The covered barrn area	Me. I should really smile a bit more.
Kay, showing how it's done.	Emen canyon	Emen canyon	A steep climb to the top of the...	Kay has a little breather
Not much water in the canyon at this...	Canyon walls	Oops, tripped.	That's better	I love to go a wandering, along the...
A very rickety bridge. They can't be...	Oh yes, they are.	Adopting a brave-looking pose....	...while trying hard not to look down.	I'm the insignificantly-small blob on...
I was looking back to see if she was...	Wild flowery things. Forgotten the...	Looking towards Skalsko and the hills...	Yantra is hidden over the nearest ridge.	And then it started to rain. After a...
Gocho's Dad's cucumbers.	Gocho's Mum. She's lovely, but I...	At the Kazan (the village still),...	Testing the strength. 46%, that...	Not a bad drop.
A rainy day at the kazan. Keeping...	The kazan hut. Situated by the river...	The kazan hut.	Mmmm. Salt-encrusted pork fat for lunch.	Roasting the peppers.
The finshed product.	Tasty.	The Rakia-meisters prepare for lunch.	Grilling the pork fat. I can hardly...	A rather more healthy bowl of tomatoes.
Gocho, looking like a more attractive...	That's the end of the batch. Time to...	Steamy. Nice bit of copper.	Washing it out.	The final bucketful of Rakia.
Our only source of water for the...

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