We generally post our GMP trips within a week after returning. However, the more we are retired the less time we seem to have. We like to put the blog out in the form of a travelogue because then when we are old and gray and in our rocking chairs we can reminisce without having to think about it. The travelogue is on a day-to-day basis. We essentially covered all of Bulgaria so we spent a lot of timing viewing the countryside from the bus. Included is a map showing which cities we were in on which days. To cover all of this, we stayed in a different hotel each night amounting to eight motels. We did perform seven concerts with smaller groups going to a children's home and other places. Captioned photos associated with each of the days are linked to the following:
Map of Bulgaria and our itinerary
Flight from Guadalajara, Mexico to Sofia, Bulgaria
First Friday evening - first time meeting other orchestra members at one and only rehearsal
Saturday in Sandanski - Concert at Sandanski Baptist Church
Sunday in Plovdiv - Concert in Sandanski Church
Monday in Kazanluk - Concert in theater near Old Town
Tuesday in Varna on the Black Sea - Concert at Second Baptist Church in Varna
Wednesday visit to Veliko Turnovo and ending in Vratsa - travel day, no concert
Thursday at Learning Center in Borovtsi with a concert and hotel in Montana - Concert om City of Montana
Friday, our last day - concert in Roma (Gypsy) community and then short program for Bulgarian Baptist Congress
We also took videos of some interesting sounds.
This video is of a shepherd playing his sheep stomach bagpipe. We thought this was an instrumented needed for the orchestra.
This video is of a Bulgarian serenading us after our final dinner in Sofia, Bulgaria. This guy can play!!
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