Here's a funny thing. I was in a hotel in Borovets, the Rila Hotel, looking for the lift, when I came across a stand with what looked like chocolate. It turned out to be some kind of thick plum jelly.
The stand was for a place I did not know, Gabrovo. I took all the brochures and found one of my favourite long lost museums, The Museum of Humour and Satire.
In Bulgaria I learned lots of basic facts about the country. For example, on websites and elsewhere bg is short for Bulgaria.
Outside the museum, I can see from their publicity photo, they have a horseback statue of, guess who? Obviously Don Quixote, tilting at windmills, Don Quixote, hero of Spanish author Cervantes novel.
Gabrovo was also the birthplace of Christo who with his wife created giant temporary art works in cities around the world.
Getting There
Gabrovo's distance from Bulgarian airports:
- Sofia – 220 km
- Varna – 274 km
- Bourgas – 234 km
- Plovdiv – 150 km
Both express and stopping buses connect Gabrovo with Sofia, Varna and Plovdiv.
The humour festival in in May; and June is the time for the rose harvest at the valley of the roses in this region.
In the same region
Useful Websites
House of Humour and Satire
www.humorhouse.bg
Useful Websites For Travellers
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