More Bulgaria - lots more!

We ended up buying a plot of land for a Ski Lodge which is a joint project with the kids. It is right underneath a drag lift line at Stoikite, near Pamporovo.

From Stoikite

I'm standing at the corner of the plot and Tich is right under the draglift. It's North facing, obviously, being on the ski slope, so will be cold but will have a "Santa" type snow cover for much longer.

This will be built in 2008. Here's the view from the guest bedrooms, towards Perelik - the highest mountain in the Rhodopis.

From Stoikite

To fund this project, we found another plot only 6km from Chepelare, up 5km of mountain road. South facing, with views across to the Chepealre ski slopes. It's a big block to be subdivided in to 6 and than summer holiday chalets put on them.
Here's the plot,

From Zornica

and the view.

From Zornica

Finally, we just loved Bulgaria so much that we found ourselves a little mountain hideaway.

From Chereshevo

It's 26km from the ski fields, over towards the Greek border. The Med is only 40km away, but there's no road yet (goes back to communist days when this would have been an escape route to "the West").

From Chereshevo

Have a look at the photos on Picasa - click the "pictures of our travels" link on the right.