On our way, we drove through a town whose entire reason for being is weddings! This below is a wedding venue, and driving through the town centre, I have never seen soooooooooooo many bridal shops!
Here a bridal shop, there a bridal shop, everywhere a bridal shop!
…and then making the climb up to Asen’s Fortress…
With drops that are almost vertical, the fortress it is impregnable on three sides. It has been used since the days of the Thracians, who fortified it in the 5th century BC.
Asen’s Fortress has seen three periods of substantial construction/reconstruction – during the 9th, 11th, and 13th centuries, with the first small fortress tower being built by the Byzantines.
…time for lunch! Click here to continue…
