A Note From the Balkans

From Plovdiv to Tryavna

Hello folks,

Last week I landed in the ancient city of Plovdiv. As the wheels hit the runway, the surrounding mountains stood drenched in the coppery stains of evening. Plovdiv cuts an elegant figure against a rural backdrop of softly flowing fields and thickly forested mountains. The veins of its history run twelve meters deep, with everyone from neolit…