15 | August | 2014 | MY Doramac

Port Tomas, Constanta, Bulgaria

Salut,

Just now we’re listening to some really bad rap music to celebrate Navy day and the religious holiday for Mary’s Assumption. There were big doing which I’ll probably get to writing about sometime in October at the rate I’m getting these emails out. It takes me forever to find the few bits of info I do find. So I keep looking and get frustrated and shut down the computer which gets me no place at all. So as I said previously, more photos and few, if any words.

As we walked around Ruse I noticed lots and lots of statues of women. Wish I knew why.

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http://www.bulgarian-monuments.com/browse/%D0%A0/Rusenska had the tiny bit of info but really no explanation why so many statues of women around Ruse.

I took a photo of this stone woman but looking at my photo on the computer I noticed something odd about her clothing. Not sure if this is intentional.

Tonka Obretenova

Born 1812

assumed Rousse, Bulgaria

Died 27 March 1893(1893-03-27)

Rousse, Bulgaria

Spouse(s) Tiho Obretenov

Tonka Obretenova (Bulgarian: Тонка Обретенова), known as baba Tonka (баба Тонка), was a female Bulgarian revolutionary, born in 1812, probably in Rousse.

Her parents, Toncho Postavchiyata (Тончо Поставчията) and Minka Toncheva (Минка Тончева), were from the village of Cherven. She married Tiho Obretenov — a famous tailor and tradesman in Rousse. They had seven children (five sons and two daughters) all of whom participated in the Bulgarian revolutionary movement.[1] Obretenova herself lent major support to the revolutionary committee – she was famous for sheltering a number of revolutionary leaders.[2] The Rousse Revolutionary Committee, the most important one in the interior of Bulgaria, was established by her son Nikola Obretenov, in her house. Baba Tonka buried Stefan Karadzha, and managed to preserve his skull.

Her sons Angel, Petar, Nikola, and Georgi (Ангел, Петър, Никола и Георги) took part in different detachments and were killed, or sent into long exile. Her younger daughter, Anastasiya (Анастасия; also called: Siya, Сия) married Zahari Stoyanov — a revolutionary, writer and publicist.

Baba Tonka Cove in Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Tonka Obretenova.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka_Obretenova

Woman with a hoe but no info

Sculpture of a woman on her knees

The sculpture is in the park in Rousse. It was made in May 2006.

Same park but no info

Fountain in the park in Rousse

Except for the child at the far left, I think they’re all girls.

Monument of the heroes that died in the battle against fascism ; the sculpture is a woman

Not a sculpture; but a lovely book shop clerk, very fluent in English and where they sold English language books.

Port Tomas, Constanta, Romania

Salut

So Sad about Robbin Williams. In 2005 we were in San Francisco for a family wedding. One night an old college buddy of my sister’s took us to a sushi restaurant. At one point I heard a voice behind me and I knew instantly who it was. Robin Williams had come in for his take out Sushi and beer. I had my camera and he graciously posed. He was shorter and better looking in person but so very willing to smile for me and my photo.

I have been having a heck of time doing these emails lately. It’s hard to find info to go with my photos. And today my outlook email won’t send so luckily we have a free wifi that Rick’s super antennae found so I can attempt to send this. We’ve met some lovely people here in Port Tomas which has a lovely old “Old Town.” We’ll be here about a week putting up the mast and getting things ship shape.

Hope these photos are worth 1,000 words because I really don’t have much else. I loved Vidin and I’m really liking Port Tomas. Ruse, even with its Lipnik connections was only Okay. Had there been a walking tour I’m sure I’d feel differently to have learned more. So it goes.

Ruse Architecture

http://paintingz.wordpress.com/ruse/ discusses the history/architecture of Ruse

The path from the road to the Ruse Yacht Club

The white building had a very basic toilet, a roomy but basic shower and a washing machine.

Usually Randal and I shower and do laundry on the boat, but there was a water problem so we couldn’t refil our half empty tank so we showered and did laundry in the Yacht Club building.

Our friends Ernst and Erika on our left and the boat Celestine on our right. We’d been in Novi Sad with both boats and with Celestine in Belgrade and again here in Ruse. Celestine had two Jack Russel type dogs you barked hello but that was about it. They weren’t yappy at all.

The main street of the city is Aleksandrovska, it is an architectural ensemble of buildings in Neo-Baroque, Neo-Rococo and other architectural styles.

http://bgtourinfo.net/ruse.html talks about the architecture with some photos.

Some of these photos are the town center and some further away on our way to Lipnik Boulevard.