Day 75 - Plovdiv to Parmovay

 57.9 km - Total so far 3,999.7 km - Route pedalled.      Relive Video (with pictures)

Video of the day: Europe Day 75                        497 Left to pedal

We are safe and secure in Parvomay, Bulgaria.

We got on the road at 7:30 am and used the very nice Plovid bike paths to get us to the edge of the urban area. We crossed a few bridges over water and made quick time to get around. Once you get outside the urban area into the more industrial sections, your on your own baby. We had to share collector lanes with big transports and aggressive drivers heading who knows where in a hurry. Things settled down once we got to our first village.

Street corner vegetable vendors

No breath taking scenery today. What really caught our attention today was the number of stork nests in villages. It was not unusual to see 5 or 6 nests per village and many nests with two or more fledglings. That is a lot more than we have seen in other villages.You will see and hear in the video, that a nest  is a very loud and busy place. Many other species of birds find residence in and around the nest and they create quite a racket.

Unbelievable racket

We had a easy going climb and a nice downhill that took us to a very smooth tractor path across the fields.

Smooth tractor path

It was an easy ride to the hotel and finding out we had a room for the night. The reservation was made over the phone using Google Translate a few days ago. We continued using Google Translate at the hotel front desk.

We went out for supper and discovered that the folks here are not as capable in English as they had been in more tourist areas. We still managed to get fed. 

Tomorrow we are heading to Haskovo, our second to last town in Bulgaria.