Smolyan Excursion

We'd been getting a bit of cabin fever so it was exciting to get out of the hotel to do something a bit different. So Mary and her husband Doug drove my Mom and I, an assistant of Mary's, and one other patient down into Smolyan for some Bulgarian-style spa treatments of waxing, manicures and pedicures.
 
Smolyan is seven kilometers down a windy mountain road that quickly drops in elevation (3,300 ft vs over 5,000 ft where our hotel is). I was sort of expecting the town center and other buildings to be more up kept and newer, but it's not. It's quite in shambles (please forgive me if I sound British, but most of what I hear are British and Australian accents and use of English!). However, the location is amazing as you can see in the photos, of this city built in a valley with the mountains rising up on both sides.

Along with getting our spa treatments ($19 for a mani/pedi and $2 for a waxing), we also walked around a pedestrian road where there were various stores and businesses. Local raw honey and herbs were found along with some locally made leather zippered animal pouches I scouted out as a gift for my son.

After we all finished our spa treatments, Doug and Mary took us to a place past our hotel up the mountain road to one of numerous natural spring water spouts found roadside everywhere in Bulgaria. Here, people stop and drink fresh mountain water from the run offs.

Okay, that was the fun stuff yesterday. Now, for the not-so-great stuff. We were definitely feeling the detoxifying effects of our protocol in our own ways. I was nauseated for part of the day, at times feeling close to upchucking. Yeah, not fun. I was also burping all day long. When I asked Mary about it that night during our daily review meetings, she said that the MMS was doing its job. The gas is created by the bad bacteria being killed off by the MMS. Being her cheeky self she also said I was one of the lucky ones since you either burp or "fahrt"! Because of that, she kept my dosage amount the same for the next day. The goal is to have a person handle their protocol without nausea before upping the dose. Again, nausea indicates the die-off is happening faster than the body can process and eliminate. There's no need for one to feel ill for it to be effective. We've had a few more things added to the protocol. Below is a picture of the MMS, the Activator (for activating the MMS) and the CDS along with the separate droppers for each one. It really is like a chemical lab when mixing it all together. When you mix the activator (citric acid) with the MMS, it creates a yellowish gas after a couple of minutes, which you then put into your water and drink. Fun times! I am feeling much better today.

Here is a picture of our daily appetizer/hors deourves spread before they bring out the main dish:

Now on to the hot sulfur springs this afternoon!
 

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