Plovdiv

What a treat to arrive at our hotel and be able to step out into the streets of the prettiest town so far . The name Hotel Romantic set the scene as we arrived,a pretty pink National Revival building set off the main street in a traffic free location . Inside it was not quite up to the exterior but a lovely helpful crew made it a  nice place to stay . They did offer a larger room but we were only there for a night so squeezed in.
We did visit Plovdiv on our way to Orehova so we did get a taste of its treasures then as our guide took us along a two hour walk through the main points of interest so we were able to retrace our steps and linger at places of interest such as the Roman Amphitheatre which we explored and the Forum on top of the old town . We traversed the cobbled streets twice that night in order to see a rehearsal there for an Opera . It was magic sitting above the Forum looking down on the performance,listening to beautiful music and singing under the stars even if we did not know the opera.
We dined well at a traditional restaurant on shopska salad,chicken and lemon cello to finish . Later that night we treated ourselves to an ice cream at the Dreams Cafe and watched a bit of the soccer,reminiscent of Cologne four years ago before retracing our steps back to the hotel.