Yambol City Park Fountain

 The algae-rich green waters of Yambol City Park still looks great approaching autumn. The water fountain will stop running once the ice sets in. 

Yambol's City Museum Air Conditioning System

Having walked past this hundreds of times it was a mystery until recently. It is the air conditioning system for Yambol's City Museum which is located about 40 metres away. It is a bit of an eyesore, concealing it with a few more bushes might be better.

Yambol's High School Of Languages

In the seemingly derelict waste grounds next to a major block of apartments in the Zlaten Rog area sits Yambol's High School Of Languages 'Vasil Karagyozov'. It alos is right next to the river Tundzha whose scenic riverbank path can be followed right into the hear of Yambol city.

A Typical Yambol City Garden

Through the rising sun garden gate you can a a typical Yambol City garden. It is in immaculate condition just waiting for a feast of fruit and vegetables that will see then through the new year fresh and stocked for winter. As yo can see on the gate this house has been awarded a merit for being a model home (Obraztsov dom), a scheme that ran Nationally prior to becoming a capitalist regime.

A Typical Yambol Demolition Site

A current demolition site in Yambol City which is going through a major re-development right now. This is a site I passed and looked qite dnagerous to me wihtout any warnign or barrier restricing access. If you look inside you can see that much of the former roof is still in a state of 'hanging'. I for one wouldn't entertain going inside there, but children might. Mind you the kids of Yambol have a lot more sense than kids where I come from!

Yambol's Plastic Bottled Nursery

Just 200 metres from Yambol City centre right next to the Yambol Polytechnic is an open bit of ground where home made incubators forming a DIY nursery. They are covering seedlings that will have an early start in their growing cycle. this again shows the rescourcefulness of recycling plastic bottles nad the respect that passers by have not to tamper with them. Even next to the biggest student complex in the city where many teenagers pass, no vandalism - A nice and comforting thought.

Buried Bulgarian Roses

In the centre of Yambol City you can't see Bulgarian roses as they have been prepared for the winter. They have been had the soil mounded up against them, effectively burying them, to protect them form the severe freezing Bulgarian winter temperatures. Wherever you see roses in Bulgarian they are all pruned and covered over like this. They won't be uncovered intil April when all the nature wakes up and springs to life. The roses are soon to come out of hiding and treat Yambol to a feast of colour and scent.

Yambol's Greek Goddess Diana - A Different Pose

We have already had one picture of the Greek Goddess Diana and her faithful hound in the Diana Park which is named after her. This time however there is no hunting in the snow. Here she is again situated on the south side of Yambol City just inside the dual carriageway ring road. She is such an elegant figure with almost a gymnastic pose with here bow. Dogs will always be dogs as this hunting kanine looks in readiness for the hunt.

A Road Worthy Trabant in Yambol City

This 600 cc two stroke cylinder Trabant was spotted in the outskirts of Yambol. Even without one headlamp, it still runs around Yambol and is accepted that these 'handicaps' are normal on Trabant cars. It least it has a licenced number plate, in my village the vet has one and it has no lights or number plates and I 've seen him giving our local policeman a lift in it. They are more strict in Yambol City that the villages though.

The Three Flags of Yambol

Bulgarian's love their flags. Right in the heart of the public area of Yambol, where all the public events are held are three flags; The European Union, Bulgarian Republic and Yambol Town. There only used to be two here before January 1st 2007. I say two's company three's definitely a crowd!