New Management -- Temporarily

While Iva and A.J. are out of town for the next five weeks, it looks like I am going to be the new sherriff in town, at least for this blog. I hope that I can live up to Iva's high standards of journalistic integrity and pithy social commentary. I will also try and include pictures of their trip in Bulgaria when she is able to send them along.

Let me introduce you to Iva's home town of Pleven.



This is the the Mausoleum dedicated to the Russian and Romanian soldiers that liberated Pleven from the Turks in the late 1800's. It is definitely the highlight of the town.



This is the Panorama. It is the best museum depicting an 1877-78 period Balkan liberation siege of Ottoman troops in diarama format that I have ever come across! And even better, it's only like $2 to get in, at least the last time I was there. I hope they haven't changed the musket exhibit!

Pleven is a pretty nice town. It has good food and nice people. It does get humid in the summer due to its closeness to the Danube, but it is a pretty cool place to hang out.