Arbanassi/Monastery in Arbanassi/Sct. Peter and Pavel Monastery/

Under besøget i Veliko Tarnovo var der ting vi ikke fik set, bl.a. en kirke, som lå smukt placeret i dalen nedenfor Tsarevets Fortet. Efter et farvel til Hotel "Seasons" og den smukke by Tryavna, gik turen ganske stille og roligt mod Veliko Tarnovo endnu en gang. Egentlig var det ikke nogen omvej, men blot et ophold på vej mod vort næste stop Arbanassi.
Kirken "The Holy Forty Martyrs Church", så ikke ud af meget udefra, men vi var heldige at få lov at komme ind i kirken, og smuk beskriver ikke nær, hvad der mødte os. Ok...jeg indrømmer, at jeg har et eller andet med klostre og kirker, så måske er jeg nem at dupere, men den var smuk og jeg var utrolig glad for, at jeg også fik denne oplevelse med. Faktisk brugte vi temmelig lang tid både i og ved kirken. Masser af oplysninger om kirken på store skilte.
Nu var det så tid til at fortsætte mod Arbanassi, hvor vi skulle overnatte på hotel Izvora. Hotellet lå bag ret høje mure, med flere smukt placerede bygninger og masser af grønne områder. Alt i rigtig gammel stil. Min foretrukne måde at bo på, fremfor tip top moderne hoteller. Det skaber en helt anden form for ro og afslapning. En del af Bulgariens rige og berømte har slået sig ned her i store traditionelle huse bag høje mure , sikkert for a finde fred og ro her.
Næste dag besøgte vi Klosteret for Jomfru Maria. Her findes der en Ikon af Madonnaen med de tre hænder. Vældig interessant. Klosteret er ikke så stort men virkelig hyggeligt. Jeg synest rigtig god om stedet.
På vej til vort næste stop, kom vi forbi et specielt hotel, som vi da lige måtte kigge lidt nærmere på.
Vores næste stop var ved et endnu større Kloster. "Sct Peter and Pavel Monastery", og vi tilbragte en del tid her. Vejret var pragtfuldt, og de skønne omgivelser inviterede til at bruge tid her.
Desværre måtte vi jo videre, men gjorde holdt for at tanke benzin. Det var lidt af en oplevelse, idet vi pludselig befandt os hos "Familien Flintstone". Så her var vi absolut nødt til at skulle have lidt koldt at drikke. En rigtig sjov oplevelse. Flintstones i en moderne tid, med fladskærms-tv på væggen. Ha ha.

During our visit to Veliko Tarnovo, there were things, we didn't get to see, and "The Holy Forty Matyrs Church" was one of them. The church was beautifully placed in the Valley beneath the Tsarevets Fortress. After saying goodbye to hotel "Seasons" and the beautiful city Tryavne, we drove off towards Veliko Tarnovo, nice and slowly. Fortunately it was on the way to our next stop Arbanassi.
"The Holy Forty Martyrs Church", didn't look so much from the outside, but we were lucky to be allowed to get into the church, and beautiful is not nearly the right word to descreibe, what we saw inside. Okay...I admit....I have something with churches and Monasteries, so perhaps I am easy to impress, but it was beautiful, and I am very glad, I had the opportunity to see it. In fact we spent quit some time there, both outside an inside the church. There were a lot of signs with information there.
Time to go on to Arbanassi, where we were to stay at Hotel Izvora. The hotel was placed behind fences. Several buildings beautilfully placed in this green area..Everything in the old traditional style, which I love much more than big modern hotel complexes. It creates a different way of peace and quiet. Some of Bulgarias rich and famous people live here in big tradional houses behind high walls. Probably to find the peace they need.
Next day, a visit to the Monastery Of the Holy Virgin Mary. The Monastery contains an Icon of the "Madonna with the three Hands". Very interesting, and I would add, a very nice Monastery. Not very big, but seemed very cozy. I liked the place.
On our way to the next place we passed by a Special hotel, and of course we had to check it out. Big and awesome.
Our next stop was to a bigger Monastery. The Sct Peter and Pavel Monastery. And we did spend quit some time there. The weather was very nice, and the surroundings were inviting us to enjoy time spent here.
Unfortunately we had to move on, and made a break to get some petrol on the car. So we stopped and had a very special expeience. We were at The Flintstone Family. Very funny, so to enjoy this we had something cold to drink there. Flintstone in modern times. With a flatscreen-tv on the wall. Lol