In late April, we made our final reports to the Fulbright Commission and talked over some of the changes needed for next year. Then, Fulbright took us to Melnik, a tiny town in southwestern Bulgaria, to visit a monastery and taste wine. Melnik is one of the most famous regions in Bulgaria for growing wines because Winston Churchill used to import tons of it before WWII. The soil in Melnik is very chalky due to the nearby cliffs, and it gives the wine a slight chalky taste. Some people absolutely love it, some people hate it. I loved it.
Rozhen Monastery
You can see the chalk cliffs in the background
Before our wine tasting, we got to visit an eighteenth century wine merchant's house. The wine tasting was in the cellar.
Down in the cellar
With fellow ETA, Olivia, tasting wine
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