Bregovo welcomed the Bishop of the feet
Sonya Machorska The packed City Hall in the small border town got to its feet at the entrance of the Vidin Metropolitan Daniil and guests from St. John the Baptist … Read More
Bulgarian-Romanian religious tourism
Sonya Machorska A final press conference to present the results of the Cross-Border Religious Heritage project was held in Vidin. The project is implemented jointly with the University of Craiova … Read More
Less bread, more wine
Sonia Machorska There is still no snow in late January, mid-winter. Temperatures are high for this month of the year. Rarely at night there are minus degrees. It’s like spring. … Read More
British Diplomats at Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat
Sonya Machorska “Congratulations on your wonderful achievement!” – was the spontaneous reaction of Catherine Barber, Deputy Ambassador in the British Embassy after seeing the bridge over the Danube 28.01.2013. Accompanied … Read More
Izbichen – a rich Danube village
Sonya Machorska A twelve to thirteen thousand Romanian village near the Danube, 170 km from Vidin, in the direction of Beckett. Gasified and tidy. A complete contrast to the villages … Read More
Vienna – ice rink and sun
Sonia Machorska This winter in Vienna may not be snowy, but there is an ice rink in the city center again. Mobile, two floors – the only one in the … Read More
The Pelicans Hibernate at Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat
Sonya Machorska For the first and only time, a flock of pink pelicans chose Vidin in the winter of 2013, choosing the partitioned non-navigable section of the river within the … Read More
Protections at the Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat
Sonya Machorska On that date, in 2012, the erection of the ship’s crash protection elements on the last pillar of the Bridge – PB12, the closest to the Romanian coast. … Read More
Kukeri chase the bad things
Sonya Machorska Kukeri in the village of Djinot, Bulgaria, for another year dancing in the streets to scare the bad forces and to forsake the cold, and for ritual and … Read More