Turkey, and I don't mean the Thanksgiving Kind

I was feeling quite sick this morning, but Sasha gave me some magical tea that has calmed my tummy for the time being.

We first stopped in a beautiful Bulgarian town called Haskovo (hope its spelled right!) to visit the office of a good friend of Sasha, who turned out to be a billionaire designer with his own private plane and two helicopters. WTF?! He was so nice and he showed us his office, which was absolutely beautiful. It was covered in pictures of Sasha's expeditions to places like Tibet, and there were so many faces of people they have met along the way. I was awestruck. This man specifically designs for offices and buildings, and has over 500 offices in Bulgaria. His main client is a Bulgarian bank that I see EVERYWHERE. I can't believe how many amazing people Sasha knows...

It was raining when we arrived, so he gifted us each with our own umbrella with his company's logo on it, and then we walked about 10 minutes to a really nice restaurant that his friend owns. The architecture of the restaurant itself was beautiful, with a lot of milky white stones and sculptures and columns. The food was equally beautiful and delicious, and once we finished he had the restaurant pack us each something for dinner as well, and it was all on him. He was so generous and just happy to see us all in Bulgaria. He was so very kind to each of us.

Now we are waiting to cross the border between Turkey and Bulgaria... our first stop will be a place called Cenakkale, where we will take a ferry to cross the Marble Sea, like the Greeks did oh so long ago, and make our way to Troy!

written by  NarSisyphus on August 10, 2008 from Canakkale, Turkey
from the travel blog: Bulgaria, London, and everywhere In-between
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