Bulgarian cities

Postcard ID: BG-74409
Country: Bulgaria

The postcard shows the most popular cities in Bulgaria. I also see here Nessebar - the city where me and my husband (actually we hadn't been married yet) spent our first vacation. That was so a great time in a wonderful city :)

Also the card contains a stamp from series 'Flora - Mushrooms' issued in 2014:

Rila Mountain, Bulgaria

Postcard ID: BG-66977
Country: Bulgaria

Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m. The massif is also the sixth highest mountain in Europe (when each mountain is represented by its highest peak only), coming after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees and Mount Etna, and the highest between the Alps and the Caucasus. More than one-third of the mountain is occupied by the Rila National Park, the rest lies within the Rila Monastery Nature Park.

The name Rila is believed to be of Thracian origin and is thought to mean "well-watered mountain", owing to Rila's abundance of glacial lakes (about 200) and hot springs in fault areas at the base of the mountain. Some of the Balkans' longest and deepest rivers originate from Rila, including the Maritsa, the Iskar and the Mesta.

Culturally, Rila is famous for the Rila Monastery, Bulgaria's largest and most important monastery, founded in the 10th century by Saint John of Rila. Alongside the cultural landmarks the mountain is also famous for the Seven Rila Lakes.

Also this card contains nice stamp from series 'The 150th Anniversary of the ITU - International Telecommunication Union' issued in 2015:

Martenitsa

Postcard ID: BG-44746
Country: Bulgaria

Wow, this is the first Bulgarian postcard in my blog. Big luck! :)

This postcard shows a spring symbol or, more familiar for me - Martsishor (in Romanian).

A Martenitsa is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and usually in the form of two dolls, a male and a female. Martenitsi are worn from Baba Marta Day (March 1) until the wearer first sees a stork, swallow, or budding tree (or until late March). The name of the holiday means "Grandma March" in Bulgarian and the holiday and the wearing of Martenitsi are a Bulgarian tradition related to welcoming the spring, which according to Bulgarian folklore begins in March.

The stamp is from series Wild roses issued in 2006: