The Roma Flag
As we sailed along the Danube this morning, we had a presentation of the Roma (gypsies) in Romania. An interesting takeaway was the Roma Flag.
In the afternoon we docked in the town of Vidin in the northwest of Bulgaria. We took a walking tour of the town and visited the Roman build fort Baba Vada. Over the centuries the fort and town has been inhabited by the Romans, Bulgars, Hungarians, and Turks.
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- Baba Vada (Grandmother Vada)
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- Baba Vada Fortress
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- Baba Vada Fortress
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- Canons inside the fort
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- Looking out towards the bridge
We then visited a Mosque the has a congregation of about 30 Muslims.Across the street is an Orthodox Church and the Bishop’s House.
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- Osman Pazvantoglu Mosque
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- Upside down Heart
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- Inside the Mosque
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- Inside the Mosque
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- Library at the Mosque
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- Old Synagogue
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- Orthodox Church
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- Bishop’s House next to the church
While most of the others went back to the ship, a few of us walked around the town.
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- Balkan War Memorial
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- Bottled Version is not as good!
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- Buon Giorno Cafe
We headed back to the ship for a Violin Concert.
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- Flowers on the gangway
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- The bridge across the Danube
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- Ferry Boat – past way to cross the Danube
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- Violin Concert
Tomorrow we go through the Iron Gate.
Andy – what nationalities are your fellow travellers?
94 travelers – mostly American, a few Canadians and even an Australian.
They let infidels into mosques??
/Len
Only the devout ones!
We were in a vestibule area.