Linden Tree

I’ve always liked linden trees and linden tea. These trees are usually massive, with wide, leafy canopies. That’s why it surprised me to see a very tall rose pushing its way up and blooming right in the branches.

Rose

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is blurred in the back. Took this photo during my morning walk today.

The tourist logo of Bulgaria is a rose. We have roses everywhere. The coat of arms is 3 lions. We don’t have lions anywhere out of the zoo. I much prefer encounters with the roses. 🌹

Protest

Bulgaria got invited to join the Euro today. Bulgarians are not united on the subject if they want the Euro and the anti-EU political parties are capitalizing that. I witnessed their protest today.

The gathering was lead by a young lad who yelled with full force, like he’s dictating the attack in the Braveheart movie. The hot sun made the movement sluggish.