Kavarna Folkfest

Kaliakra
We left Avren around 8:30 to go to Kavarna (about 67km north of Varna) for the folk festival. What we didnt know until we got there is that we weren't dancing until 6pm. SO we decided to take our bus and go out Kaliakra. Its a peninsula that jets out into the sea with cliffs dropping down  about 230ft. There has been a fort/fishing village there since the Thracian times and you can see different stages of ruins amongst the impressive number of flowers and birds, including the rare shag. There are also 3 types of dolphins in the water around the peninsula and quite a few legends and stories (with statues to commemorate them). Also, my friend Hannah rode up on our bus with us to be my personal fan and picture taker during the dancing competition, so she got to come on this little excursion as well. 

the fortress entrance

hidden beach cove

"Remains of Dwellings"

"MiLiTARY ZONE"

man with a broken bow

at the end

The drop at the end down to the sea

Общобългарски младежки фолклорен събор „С България в сърцето” 
All-Bulgarian youth folklore festival "With Bulgaria in the heart"
So my dance group, that I have been practicing with every Thursday since August from 2-4pm danced at a competition in Kavarna this past Saturday. This was my first performance with the group and I was really nervous since we were on a raised stage and there were TV cameras. We danced 2 of our dances and I got to get all dressed up in costume. The choreographer for the guys congratulated me after, so I must have done well. Oh and we got a trophy too.

men

I am right in the middle

again in the middle

with Hannah (XAHA)