Bulgaria, June 2013. Part 3, Plovdiv

I had only one day in Plovdiv, I was there at the midday, and had a bus to Varna at about 3 p.m. the next day. Since I was somehow already a bit tired, I did almost nothing - just walked and looked around, made some pictures and bought some presents.
The main street is very nice, cute old buildings, a lot of small shops

The remains of the The Ancient Stadium

It is so strange feeling - to sit there at the stages, where the ancient people sat

There are three big hills in Plovdiv, one of them is situated right in the center, and you can see tidy red roofs of the old buildings and whiteness of the new parts of the city. And mountains :)

Cute Bulgarian cats

And one more, with intelligent eyes, patiently waiting for something life can probably send her through this strange girl with a camera, making pictures of cats with the unknown purpose

Unfortunately for the cat, I got this treasure long after we had met

In the evening I went to Alyosha - a giant sculpture of a soviet soldier, devoted to those who died in the Second World War.

There were cold and windy there, and going back I had the feeling that I was leaving him there - the one on the hill, withstanding the wind and coldness, alone in his sad greatness, and he will remain there for ever, he will not return, and many others, who died far away of everything and everybody they loved and lived for

Then once more on the first hill - this time to see night view (I have mentioned, I am a great fan of night views)

Plovdiv at night becomes deserted

I could not choose the best - so there are three fountains here

and one more nice fountain

and a bit more of ancient Rome noways

Leaving Plovdiv, I have seen one more picture from the past (at least, I've seen it for the first time)

Preparing for the trip, I have read about  Plovdiv chimney-sweep - some kind of a legend person, who appears  seldom and seeing whom can be considered as a sign that you are going to have a great luck in future. I forgot about it till the moment when I indeed saw him walking in the center, all in black, dancing gait, slight smile on his lips. I stared at him maybe a bit like an idiot, so that he winked and smiled widely.

Yohoo! I'm moving in a right direction!