A Week in Maslarevo Has Passed...
26. Jun 2026 · Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria · 2 min read
A week in Maslarevo has passed...a village, in the middle of nowhere that reminds me of "Wir können auch anders". 🤓
The mulberries, raspberries, plums, prunes, strawberries,...the streets, gardens, fields and few patches of forest are full of them, I enjoyed them on walks through the village just as much as in Eva's garden.
The area may seem monotonous, but it is repeatedly interrupted by rock massifs and depressions, where natural springs bubble up.
I was therefore able to continue my access to spring water, which I've had for weeks, here as well. It was a quiet week. Inner reflection, writing the short stories, my application processes and individual conversations with Eva and another new friend, who is called Robert and comes from near Greifswald, were, alongside phone calls with René, André, Manolo, and the exchange with Rieke via voice messages, my direct contacts to the outside world. The fact that I was able to hang out with Duško again directly led to another new connection. His name is Björn and he is an extremely spiritual person who will also accompany me and my journey in the future.
The party evening last Saturday night, where I got to meet Robert from Greifswald, was of course very funny, intense and also escalated due to the abundant alcoholic drinks. In a positive sense...LAUGH...
Robert is of course the spitting image of a Viking...Hallmie and he would get along suuuuupeeer well...I had positioned myself on the sloped ground so that I was standing higher, but that makes absolutely no difference whatsoever...LAUGH...
What a kind-hearted soul...WOW...
I am so GRATEFUL 🙏
THANK YOU RemoNemo for connecting me with Eva....
Eva, thank you for your invitation, your hospitality, and for letting me always wander around your property in my undies 🙏😍❤️😘
The main image is the mulberry tree on Eva's property, which I actually visited every day. Man, are they delicious...and so nutritious, good for the body and soul...then follow the snapshots from the road, me as a dwarf next to Robert, the last evening together with Eva and first pictures from Veliko, a great, old city, situated on the Yantra...yeah of course I went swimming...also found a spot where I manage to do the crawl for 10min. without being washed ashore or drifted away...but after that one of the two happens...GRIN...
The 17th picture in this series is a spot-the-difference puzzle...and that's CRAZY...because it's aimed exactly at Frankie's parking spot and is on the other side of the river......
The city itself seems to be built around the monument, which I photographed from different perspectives and distances...at least that's the impression I got during my exploration tour over the last 3.5 hours...
...looking forward to the illumination of the fortress in an hour, because I was of course at...um...well at...oh man...forgot his name...Roumen...he invited me again anyway...