Well, this all came out from what happened 1 year ago... in august 2004 Stjepan & Nico ended up in Bulgaria, with no money only passports and maybe also a towel with them.
So we wanted to repeat their journey this year.
19 of us were divided in groups of 3 (in average) and we started our walk to Bulgarian border - this is only 2 km from Vama Veche.
Border was like it has to be - no probem to spend there around 1,5-2 h.
Finally we hitched a minivan that took as to the first town, 23km from the border.
Auch, there is almost no life under the hot sun - only some animals on the streets.
And strange A4 posters on the fences and electrical poles - all of them had a face and some text. First thought, missing persons, but how can there be so many of them.... everywhere?! Taking a closer look, these were commemorations to the ones that have passed away. With different dates: "We have been living with out [name] for 3 month" or "It has been 11 years since [name] passed away"
The town that cannot let go the dead people.
Finally destination was a small restaurant where we planned to have a huge party - and it turned out huge - eating and drinking for 4 hours, Juanma and the bar owner dancing on the table (where else :) ), Bulgarian dances. The restaurant owner being shocked when seeing girls dancing with girls and boys with boys :)
We made it back to Vama Veche around midnight after some more fun at the border.