International Meteor Conference
Varna, Bulgaria
September 23-26, 2004
IMC participants at the beach near the conference site.
Pre-IMC excursion to Byala.
Admiring the beauty of the landscape in Byala.
Going to the beach in Chayka.
Casper (NL) at the watchtower, Jos (NL) and Marc (B) also keeping an eye on IMC people.
Swiming in the Black Sea.
Romanian, Dutch, Belarus and Bulgarian participants waiting for the excursion.
IMC crowd gathered in front of the hotel.
Apparently, we lost another (rich) IMC participant in 2004 (see also IMC 2000).
Municipality building in Varna.
Entrance to a great park in Varna.
A nice sculpture close to the observatory.
Aladzha monastery with Petar and Mihaela (both BG).
IMC participants viewed from the third floor of the monastery.
Mihaela (BG) in one of the corridors in the monastery.
Milena (BG) meditating at the bench.
Post-IMC tour: Malcolm (GB), Marc (B), Cis (B), Rainer (D) and Javor (SLO, behind the camera) visiting Roman baths in Varna.
Varna cathedral ceiling.
Varna ZOO - a strong hail (6 cm in diameter!) nearly destroyed the ZOO while we were visiting it. Cis and Marc (both B) playing baseball with ice-rocks.
A nice sunset in Varna.
St. Nicholas greets every seaman entering Varna.
A big port of Varna.
My host Hristo (BG) and me at the viewpoint near the port.
All photos by Javor Kac
