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&lt;p&gt;Much of modern-day Bulgaria and Northern Greece was inhabited by loosely organized &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace&#34;&gt;Thracian&lt;/a&gt; tribes during the first millennium or so before Christ. Legend has it that they have made wine along the banks of the &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritsa&#34;&gt;Maritsa river&lt;/a&gt; for the last 5,000 years. The ancient Greek poet Homer partially corroborates this in his epics written around 800 BCE. From &lt;cite&gt;The Iliad&lt;/cite&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Vratsa Is a Picturesque Thracian City</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The picturesque little city of Vratsa (Враца) sits at the foothills of the &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Mountains&#34;&gt;Balkan Mountains&lt;/a&gt; in Northwest Bulgaria. On a recent road trip I was amazed when I saw the city sitting under the craggy cliffs of the &amp;ldquo;old mountain&amp;rdquo; (&lt;em&gt;Стара Планина&lt;/em&gt; / Stara Planina in Bulgarian). What with the water and all it&amp;rsquo;s kind of like a poor man&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town&#34;&gt;Cape Town&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;








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      <title>Village of Gela, Birthplace of Orpheus</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;As you drive into the village of Gela in southern Bulgaria a sign informs you that this is the birthplace of &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus&#34;&gt;Orpheus&lt;/a&gt;, the legendary Thracian musician and poet. I&amp;rsquo;m not sure if it&amp;rsquo;s true, but who &lt;em&gt;wouldn&amp;rsquo;t&lt;/em&gt; be able to &amp;ldquo;charm all living things and even stones&amp;rdquo; with their music if they were born in a village with such a view? These are the &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodope_Mountains&#34;&gt;Rhodope Mountains&lt;/a&gt; in the golden afternoon sunlight of early spring.&lt;/p&gt;








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