Hi all. I am in Plovdiv visiting another<a href="http://doginplovdiv.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Fulbrighter and her dog</a> (and yes, the dog is keeping his own blog about his time in the city).  The train ride from Sofia was great.  I took the Plovdiv city bus to her apartment without a hitch and we just spent the better part of the afternoon walking around the city.  We have plans for dinner tonight and will then explore the old town--part of Plovdiv tomorrow in the daylight.

It's a beautiful town which is super walkable and it has a Roman Amphitheatre and a Roman Staduim to boot!  Pretty amazing--Sofia doesn't have any of these things.  Oh those Thracians. Anyhow, I am looking forward to writing a longer post when I return to Sofia on Monday because it looks like I am going to have a lot to say about this city.