11-12.08.13 — Tel Aviv – Sofia – Borovets
by Garik and Tomash

Well, even though I haven’t finished my previous travel diary from 2009, here I am starting my new travel diary of my second attempt to success the Rila mountains trek from Borovets ski town to the Seven Lakes and the White Brotherhood annual meeting on the 19th August this year. Read the rest of the entry »

17.08.09 – Ribni Ezera Hut – Rila Monastery
By Garik and Lena

• We woke up in the morning like every day, at 06:30. Another night we couldn’t sleep well, this soviet beds are terrible! We packed our staff and went to eat breakfast. The man with the underwear was already in the kitchen and helped us make an order. The breakfast was very simple; bread, feta cheese, butter and jam. This old man with underwear continues to Malyovitsa… while we decided to cut off and head to Rila Monastery. Read the rest of the entry »

16.08.09 – Granchar Hut – Ribni Ezera Hut
By Garik and Lena

• We woke up in the morning at 06:35. We found another guy who slept in the room with us, that we didn’t see yesterday, probably came in very late. When we came down to the “kitchen” we met there Shay and he offered us his gas cartridge. We tried it but the result was same as before, the gas is leaking. So we left the cookware in the hut with most of the dry food we had with us. We bought two omelets and “Shopska salad” (Bulgarian typical salad). The salad was served in a very impressive way, the cheese was shredded on the top! As usual, we didn’t think off taking a picture of the dish until we finished it! Read the rest of the entry »