![]() The people and natural landscape are described in a lovely florid prose. Perhaps unconscious of their similarities, she relates many of her travel destinations to the same ones taken by the famous Ottoman explorer Evliya Çelebi – a “boon-companion to mankind” according to his self-description.įor a solo traveler Kapka seems to receive little male harassment, although many of the locals are continually surprised that she does not have a husband given her age. Kassabova is romantic and gypsy-like she meets an assortment of colourful characters throughout her journey. ![]() This area of Southeastern Europe is described as a magical place, with witches, mysterious treasures in Thracian tombs, and ghostly villages dotting the landscape. Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe is a poetic travelogue which starts in Bulgaria and makes it way through Greece and Turkey. ![]()
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