New vacation fantasy: attend the rose festival in Bulgaria! Did you know that Bulgaria's Rose Valley produces 85% of the world's rose oil and has been doing so for centuries? It takes 1300 rose blossoms to produce 1 gram of rose oil! Each June, they hold a week long rose festival. I'd love to attend but I'd also love to work plucking those petals. Sign me up for any type of physical labor, as long as it includes flowers. Bonus if I somehow get to look like this Bulgarian beauty. Have any of you been to Bulgaria? What is it like?
Photos: Found on two news sources ( CNC, chinaeconomic.net). Both cited the credit as Xinhua/Wang Meng. Facts found on Wikipedia + Rose-Festival.com.