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      <image:caption>Old fortress from 1400s, used to be main fortress of Serbia. Very large. Smederevo city</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Old fortress from 1400s, used to be main fortress of Serbia. Very large. Smederevo city</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>First Bulgaria photo, right after Serbia border through mountainous countryside, climbing 3000 feet to descent into Sofia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>1300s roadside war memorial, Bulgarians vs. Ottoman invaders. I bet the river behind this memorial hides ancient treasures.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>600 year old basilica mosaics discovered in Plovdiv just a few years go, europes oldest city. Beneath this church lies layers of Greek and Byzantine churches.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>More mosaic being cleaned and discovered everyday, Plovdiv has barely been excavated because most Bulgarians simply aren’t interested, an archaelogist’s dream city.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Layers of Greek and Roman marble and ruins from pagan church (also, note the preferred biking footwear).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Frank’s lovely girlfriend, Ljuboslava, made lovely food while they hosted me. This is a local cold soup, kind of tastes like tzatziki sauce but more cucmbery and fresh</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My lovely friend from Turkey who lives in Brooklyn! He was visiting his father, owner of my hotel, in small city of Luluburgas. He took me for wonderful local food and drink</image:caption>
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