Varna

Our next destination was the town of Varna. On the way there, we stopped at the small village of Arbanassi. We visited an old house that is now a museum and saw how the people lived in the 17th century. This was a rich person's home so it had several rooms that others would not have had. We also visited a church there that was built during the Turkish domination. These churches look very plain from the outside so the Turks would not know they were churches and destroy them.
The town was up on the side of the mountain and we had a great view down to the town of Veliko Turnovo below.
We continued on the the town of Varna so we spent a lot of time on the bus. We passed through an area where there were fields full of sunflowers as far as the eye can see. I think that sunflower oil is a big commodity for this area. I also saw several farmers with a horse and cart going about their daily business. I guess these are what you would call rural scenes. It felt like what you would see in a book or a movie but it was really there.
We got to Varna late and just had enough time to take a quick swim in the Black Sea. There was lots of seaweed as a storm had come through the day before. Once you got past the seaweed, it was great!

The next day we had a short walking tour of Varna where we visited the main cathedral there. The service or liturgy happened to be going on so we watched a little bit of that. It was weird that walked in during service but it was kind of neat to see. We did not stay very long and of course had no idea what they were saying.
We took a short walking tour and then got on the bus to head for Borgas.