The Rose Valley

It was April, the time we had spring break in high school and my best friend Daniela invited me to join her house in Kazanlak for a few days. Kazanlak is a small but unforgettable place for everyone who visits it.
It is situated in a valley between the Balkan range and the Sedan Gore Mountains in Bulgaria. The valley has become know as the Kazanlak Rose valley, and the rose grown there is now known worldwide as the Kazanlak Rose. I was so anxious to see the beauty that everybody talks about. Until that moment I had not been there, and it was shameful that I had been born in Bulgaria but ne…