Tonight’s soundtrack: classic Bulgarian folk songs drifting through the warm summer night air from one of at least TWO television channels devoted to airing the most awesome Bulgarian folk music performance videos you can possibly imagine.
And in other news…
The best thing about staying at the glamorous Hotel Hemus (where we’re camped out for a couple of days so we don’t disturb our Zgorigrad hosts during our crazy all-night shooting schedule) is the view of the town square where daily life in Vratsa becomes pure poetry.
Here’s the sounds going on right now outside the window of our guest house in the tiny village town outside the small town of Vratsa: several girls singing folk songs in harmony, a dog barking hoarsely, two men arguing, birds chirping, a car engine revving, someone raking something. Paradise!
Czeching In! Czech It Out! Czech You Later! Rain Czech! Czech Mate! Czechie Cheese!
So many potential blog titles, so little time.
It’s our last day in Prague and we’re sad to leave this dream world. So here’s a monster medley from singer and amateur painter Karel Gott (elected Most Favorite Male Singer in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic 49 times!!!!) with love from me to you.
