{"id":8489,"date":"2018-03-14T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T08:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2025-12-08T06:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:53:33","slug":"athens-to-stuttgart-road-trip-part-7-from-edessa-over-banja-to-plovdiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/athens-to-stuttgart-road-trip-part-7-from-edessa-over-banja-to-plovdiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Athens to Stuttgart Road Trip Part 7 \u2013 From Edessa over Banja to Plovdiv\u2069"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we crossed the border to Bulgaria. Drive to Edessa for the night and continue to the oldest city in Europe: Plovdiv\u2069. Come along looking at the pictures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Beer <\/picture>
Beer tasting – last beer in Greece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Beer <\/picture>
Beer tasting – first beer in Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"In <\/picture>
In the distance, a modern wood truck – in front of the car a 1-horsepower truck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A <\/picture>
A few more minutes to the hotel close to Blagoevgrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Good <\/picture>
Good morning Banja! Off-season here in the mountains. We were the only ones in the hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"On <\/picture>
On the road again – in Banya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Back <\/picture>
Back on the main road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Old <\/picture>
Old Mig 21 in Yoakim Groevo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Old <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"Another <\/picture>
Another truck close to \u200e\u2068Cherna Mesta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"More <\/picture>
More diversity in the religious sector<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The <\/picture>
The woodlands close to Velingrad\u2069<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Riding <\/picture>
Riding into Velingrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plovdiv\u2069<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not many people know the second-largest city in Bulgaria. There are traces that people settled here in the 6th millennium BCE – that is, more than 8000 years ago. In 2019, it will be the European Capital of Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"European <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Plovdiv\u2069\" <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"Stadium <\/picture>
Stadium of Trimontium and Dzhumaya mosque<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Plovdiv\u2069\" <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"The <\/picture>
The gate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Church <\/picture>
Church entrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Inside <\/picture>
Inside the Sveta Marina church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u0425\u0440\u0430\u043c <\/picture>
Or \u0425\u0440\u0430\u043c \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c\u044a\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430 as the locals say<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A <\/picture>
A lot of nice paintings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The <\/picture>
The main painting on the ceiling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"He <\/picture>
He does not look happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Not <\/picture>
Not too long ago, this was an important building – how fast everything changes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Roman <\/picture>
Roman Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Interesting <\/picture>
Interesting team! A Samurai with a bird, dog, and monkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Street <\/picture>
Street Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"They <\/picture>
They must be out of bullets…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Everything <\/picture>
Everything is old here – not this one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I <\/picture>
I like the old streets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Street <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"Stay <\/picture>
Stay with the truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"a\" <\/picture>
a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Another <\/picture>
Another war memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"At <\/picture>
At the Vegan place in our hotel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2nd <\/picture>
2nd course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Main <\/picture>
Main course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cheers <\/picture>
Cheers Mitsos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Golden <\/picture>
Golden and cold! With the last rays of the day, it was very nice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ready <\/picture>
Ready for the big event in 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bike <\/picture>
Bike repair station<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Found <\/picture>
Found a place with music<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Street <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Street <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"We <\/picture>
We found a Craft Beer place!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Goooood <\/picture>
Goooood Beeeeeer at the next place as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we crossed the border to Bulgaria. Drive to Edessa for the night and continue to the oldest city in Europe: Plovdiv\u2069. Come along looking at the pictures! Beer tasting – last beer in Greece Beer tasting – first beer in Bulgaria In the distance, a modern wood truck – in front of the car…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[717,716,714,224,130,720],"tags":[718,719,715,463,24,721],"class_list":["post-8489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banja","category-bulgaria","category-edessa","category-europe","category-greece-travel","category-plovdiv","tag-banja","tag-bulgaria","tag-edessa","tag-europe","tag-greece","tag-plovdiv"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/105.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/105.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14316,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions\/14316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}