On Thursday 17th May we parked on the quayside at Porto Lagos near Xanthi in NE Greece with fishing boats coming in and out. There was a fish shop right next to the quay and I bought, cooked and ate a beautiful golden striped fish much to Ann's disgust.
Porto Lagos seems to be in decline. The beach has silted up and turned into a wetland. There is a heronry in the pine woods and lots and lots of litter.
Wherever we went this sandy coloured dog came with us.
On Friday 18th May we travelled north to Dadia National Park which is noted for a wide variety of birds of prey. It rained - here is Ann in her pixie outfit courtesy of the Guardian.
We continued north and crossed from Greece into Bulgaria. The country was wild and sparsely populated with what villages we saw being very run down and poor. We spent the night in a village square which was surrounded by redundant soviet era administrative buildings adorned by images of the heroic bulgarian peasantry doing their traditional dances. Very patronising when viewed through today's eyes!
Today Saturday 19th May we headed east towards the black sea coast and passed some fairly horrendous industrial scenary on the way.
Eventually we arrived at the Black Sea and parked next to it at Nesebar.
Nesebar is a nice old town with some beautiful byzantine churches but it is also a horrendous tourist trap!
2 comments:
The dog looks like he is related to the famous Greek Riot Dog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13802940
A remarkable Guardian fashion statement by Anne - she is a wonderful guardian!
Post a Comment