Travelogue: An Artist's Journey

Robin Ann Walker's Trip to Eastern Europe, October 2003 - Page 5.

Zdravko, the sponsor, sent his cars and drivers to take us on an excursion. I was in the car, not the van, but in the backseat. Evo was our driver, and he was a maniac. Anna and I were both sick from the high speeds he took the switchback road. Thankfully, we had several "photo stops". That's me on the far left. We're about an hour away from the hotel, and 50 miles from the Greek border. The landscape totally changed.

We've gone from soft green hilltops to craggy rock formations. The scale is massive. We visited two caves, and I went through both of them, all the while proclaiming that I'll never go in another cave.

Judy Greff, Nancy Lindsey, me, Momchil, Bill Bartelt, Michelle Boey, Nasco, Anna Paik, Galia (Peter's girlfriend), Peter, Valeri, Carol Lopez, Niki, and mad racecar driver Evo

On the outside

That's a person at the bottom, so you can see the scale of the cave

From the inside looking out

Picnic lunch! We had sandwiches, and peppers stuffed with a spicy cheese mixture.

On the return trip we stopped to photograph this old man and his mule. He spoke to Valeri at length as I took photos.

Next stop was Devin, and we were thrilled to be in a town. I tried every store looking for a Diet Coke. No luck. Anna found a market and bought some parsley. It was the only green vegetable we could find.

Art supplies are distributed!