The lovely city of Plovdiv is one of the major urban centres in Bulgaria. It is also very old - people have been there for at least 9000 years. Alexander the Great's father was there, at which time it was called Philippopolis. The Thracians were there too - Orpheus is said to have lived in the region, and good singers are said to "sing like Thracians". The Bulgarians arrived later, and they have added ther own touch - converting "Philippopolis" into the more lyrical "Plovdiv" - nice, don't you think? Obviously the influence of the musical Thracians. The Romans were there at one stage in between, but then they were just about everywhere so that is no big deal.
Enough of the history already - here are shots of me and Mr Joe Goldberg (who is working with us) next to the Roman town walls, which are the foundation for a restaurant; the Roman theatre; cobbled streets and Ottoman influenced architecture in the old part of Plovdiv.
