Today was a bit of a rush to check out as I was keen to save at least $10 off our inner city parking. Bulgaria really hasn’t been as cheap as we were expecting. I’ve even capped the kids at 1 scoop of gelato per day!

We drove to the foot of Mt. Vitosha which is just on the outskirts of Sofia, looking over the city.
I hadn’t mentally prepared Gio for a 6k hike and Jesse had forgotten to get his espresso before we started out – so it took some encouragement for the first hour or so. After a feed break for Amadeus and enjoying the view everyone’s spirits were much improved. The waterfall was worth a look and all of the hike was in the shade which I’m definitely into! Oh and we only got a little lost once on the way down.

After I rewarded the team with their varying bribes of coffee for Jesse, a cookie for Gio and gelato for Noelle, we headed for Plovdiv.

Jesse stuck to the limit of 140k but it was very stressful dodging trucks doing 100 and plenty of others whizzing past us at who knows what speeds. Our apartment in Plovdiv is on the outskirts in another Soviet era apartment block.  I’m feeling the start of a cold coming on so we have had a fairly low key afternoon at the playground, grocery shopping, baking a cake and washing the car. Tomorrow will be another big day exploring Plovdiv Old Town so I was keen for the kids to have an early night.