Land of Roses and the Valley of the Thracian Kings: Our visit to Bulgaria

Be sure to find my books on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/... In this last episode of our "Victorians Abroad" series, we share the final leg of our vacation earlier this year: Bulgaria, land of roses and of Thracian kings. We talk about the history of Bulgaria and its role on the world stage; how Bulgarian history led to clowns having red hair, the distilling process for rose oil and rose water, and more about this fascinating country. Background footage includes us in the Valley of the Roses, the Valley of the Thracian Kings, Bulgaria's capital city of Sofia, ancient caves that were homes to prehistoric humans, artifacts from Thracian tombs and from the Ancient Greek occupation of Bulgaria, Thracian gold, Byzantine churches, the Rila Monastery, an ancient ampitheater in Plovdiv, the Rosa Alba rose farm and distillery in the rose valley, One Bulgarian Rose shop in Sofia (check out her website! https://onebulgarianrose.com/ ), the Rosa Damascena Distillery ( https://www.damascena.net/%D0%BF%D1%8... ), and lots and lots of roses! — Sarah & Gabriel Chrisman My Tales of Chetzemoka Cycling Club Historical Fiction book series: 1 "First Wheel in Town: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... 2 "Love Will Find A Wheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... 3 "A Rapping At the Door: A Victorian Cycling Club Suspense Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... 4 "Delivery Delayed: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... 5 "A Trip And A Tumble: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... 6 "Three Women Awheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... 7 "Spark's Press: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08... 8 "A Bumpy Road to Marriage: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C... 9 "Where the Sea Turns A Corner: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F... My non-fiction: 2020: A Private Diary From A Time When Humanity Went Mad but (despite predictions to the contrary) the World Didn't End https://tinyurl.com/yfskwc74 Victorian Secrets https://tinyurl.com/5y74dnk2 This Victorian Life https://tinyurl.com/bdfns6mt My Victorian anthologies A Rose Commencement (Graduation stories for girls and young women) https://tinyurl.com/3ynnt4cr Christmas Every Day https://tinyurl.com/4ae8cmhr The Haunted Wheel https://tinyurl.com/ff4x7up4 Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving And Some Old-Time Folks: Victorian Thanksgiving Stories, Articles, Recipes and Menus From the 19th-Century: https://tinyurl.com/3444uada Quotations of Quality https://tinyurl.com/4s3hd6jy True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen https://tinyurl.com/ykabd4sm Poetry A Bouquet of Victorian Roses https://tinyurl.com/yp6fbpcj A Christmas Wish https://tinyurl.com/yck5jnsp Love's Messenger https://tinyurl.com/56bb55nc The Wheelman's Joy https://tinyurl.com/yk6f8emk Words for Parting: Victorian Poetry on Death and Mourning https://tinyurl.com/aa7ny264 More of our Victorians Abroad videos:    • Victorians abroad   #bulgaria #roses #thrace #sofia #rose #history #chrisman