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The couple that picked me up were some lovely elderly Italians on vacation. They dropped me off at [[Stara Zagora]], where I spent about half an hour to have some coffee, a smoke, refill water and wash my face and hair at a petrol station. The people there are very nice and polite.
I was picked up by a young German couple with a pre-school child. They really liked my music and me and their kid got along very well. I got out in [[Veliko Tarnovo]] and went to the park for some water, instrument maintenance and quiet time to study and mend my clothes. A close friend of mine invited me to stay with her for the night and since it was early, we walked around the whole town. I made some plans to try and play for money in [[Tsarevets]] (A fort in Tarnovo) the next weekend and we went back to the apartment for some good night's rest.
The next morning I raised my thumb for [[Varna]], but some boys dropped me at about 50km away from Veliko Tarnovo, so I could be closer to the freeway. Two hours were spent in the summer heat and I lost my spirit, since nobody seemed to even consider stopping. Just as I started walking further a young woman stopped and asked if I'd like a ride to a place not far from [[Targovishte]]. She was very sweet. We listened to some metal and sang some folk songs. I hitched my next ride almost immediately and the dude (another metalhead) left me on the outskirts of [[Shumen]], where an old Greek man, with whom we had some great conversations, picked me up and drove me back to [[Varna]].
I will probably be going to Veliko Tarnovo every weekend in the next few months.