Radu Trifan has made two publications available for download:

1. Ghidul-Morilor-de-Apa.pdf  -  A brief guide of the watermills in Caras-Severin County, Romania.

2. Brosura-Morile-Banatului.pdf  -  Brochure presenting the results of a mill research done in Timis County, Romania. 

SEASON'S GREETINGS

Basic information

The TIMS Midterm Tour is organised by Rositsa Bineva and Dimitar "Mitko" Balabanov .

The dates for the two tours are as follows:

• Tour 1:  Arrival 23 September - Tour 24-30 September - Departure 1 October
• Tour 2:  Arrival 9 October - Tour 10-16 October - Departure 17 October

Detailed information on the tour

The following downloadable files give you the complete details and necessary information of the tour:

• Program Bulgaria Midterm
• TIMS Midterm Tour Bulgaria - Useful Information
• Hotels TIMS Midterm Tour in Bulgaria
• Information on Bulgaria

Recommendations / requests / additional information for the participants

Your flight information

We would like to receive your times of arrival at Sofia airport asap in order to organise, if possible, an airport transfer to the hotel in case there are several TIMS members arriving at approx. the same time (within 90 minutes). This is only valid for those arriving on 23 September (tour 1) and on 9 October (tour 2). If we do not have your input we assume you arrange the transfer to the hotel yourself.

Please send this data no later than 15 September.

Your insurance & emergency data

We would like to have the number of your travel insurance (health insurance) policy and the name and phone number for the person to contact in case of emergency.

Please send this data no later than 15 September.

How to get to the Akord Hotel?

The easiest way is by taxi. Do use a taxi from the OK Taxi company, as they are the reliable ones.  The taxi will cost you about 20 Euro/Dollar (in local currency: about 40 BGN).

You can also use the underground train. A ticket costs 1.60 BGN (80 cents).
From the airport you need to take Line 4 (the yellow line) to Orlov most. At Orlov most you need to change to Line 3 (the green line) and get to Hadji Dimiter.
The names of the stops are written also in English, so you will be able to find your way. You will also hear the names of the stops in English while travelling.
When you get off at Hadji Dimiter you will have to walk for about 400 m in order to get to the hotel.
Then you have to cross the boulevard and go to the right. The hotel will be on your left.

Our Hotel

You are expected in the Akord Hotel, Just state that you are a TIMS member when you check in.

A map of how to get to the hotel as well as additional information can be seen here.

Payment of the additional night(s)

When you stay one more more nights extra in the Akord Hotel, you will have to pay for this to Mitko (full name: Dimitar Balabanov), who is together with Rositsa our tour leader.

One additional night costs (we have a discount rate) 63 BGN for a single room and 90 BGN for a double room.

Local currency

The Bulgarian Lev (BGN) is the local currency, which is approx. 0,50 Euro/USD, so 1 Euro/USD is approx. 2 BGN.
At the airport you could exchange money if you would like to pay a taxi to the hotel in the local currency, but taxi drivers would not mind taking Euros and/or Dollars.

The above information plus some additional details can be downloaded here.

Questions

Q1. At what time should I arrive in Sofia?

A1. It is planned that we all meet at 19:00 hours in the lobby of the hotel and from there we walk to the restaurant.

Q2. When will the bus arrive at the airport (Sofia) on the last day?

A2. The bus will leave at 7 o'clock and arrive 11 o'clock at the airport. In case you need to be there earlier or later, you will have to use a taxi.

Q3. We would like to arrive 1-2 days earlier in Sofia. Can the organizers book the additiona night(s), or do we have to book by ourselves?

A3. The organizers can book additional night(s) in the hotel.

Map of the Tour

A larger map can be downloaded here.

Day 1 - Arrival and overnight in Sofia                                                        

Day 2 - Sofia, Kalofer, overnight in Plovdiv

Day 3 - Plovdiv, Egrek, overnight in Zlatograd                              

Day 4 - Zlatograd, Shumnatitsa, overnight in Stara Zagora - Neolithic dwellings with hand mills and furnaces

Day 5 - Stara  Zagora, Kazanlak, overnight in Gabrovo                     

Day 6 - Etar Museum, overnight in Gabrovo

Day 7 - Etar Museum, Voneshta Voda - picnic, Yalovo - wine tasting          

Day 8 - Etar Museum, Potoka village

Day 9 - Departure

Olena Krushynska, TIMS member in the Ukraine, is making great efforts to place molinology on a firm footing in Ukraine. She edited the second issue of the Ukrainian Molinological Journal (sponsored by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation), and arranged its sponsorship and distribution.

During the Symposium all the participants received a copy of this well-illustrated publication, which contains 305 pages and is partially bilingual (Ukrainian and English).

In Ukraine the journal was presented at a special Mill Day at the Zabolotnyi State Scientific Architecture and Construction Library in Kyiv, as well as in four other cities. The journal was distributed to various libraries, universities, museums and other institutions (and many mill enthusiasts all over Ukraine), and in addition radio, TV and newspaper interviews were given.

Both the first and second issue of the journal can be downloaded here:

Download the first issue (2011-2014)

Download the second issue (2019)

On the 24th and 25th of September, the 1st Iberian Days on Molinology will take place in Lousada (Portugal), bringing together a group of Portuguese and Spanish researchers, who carried out works and studies in the field of History, Geography, Architecture and Ethnography, with the intention to share experiences.

For more information:

• Website of Iberian Days of Molinology
• Program of the Conference (PDF)

Please enjoy the 4 videoclips made by Gerald Bost:

Greece TIMS Tour 1

Greece TIMS Tour 2

Greece TIMS Tour 3

Greece TIMS Tour 4

On the 18th of April the Mostert's Mill, the last surviving windmill of South Africa, was severly damaged by a huge bushfire. More details can be found here.

A crowd-funding project has been set up to save the mill.

Click here for your donation.

The 15th TIMS Symposium will be held in Germany.

Tentative Dates

Pre-Tour:          12/08/2019 – 17/08/2019

Symposium:      17/08/2019 – 24/08/2019

Post-Tour:         25/08/2019 – 01/09/2019

For information (in German) click here

All videos can be seen here

Chris Gibbings , TIMS member and dear mill friend has passed away on the 7th of February. Chris was the first Country Representative for France in the TIMS Council and has written many articles for our journal International Molinology. Many will remember the article on Hoarded Tower Mills in IM 75, which he had written together with Christian Cussonneau, and his last articles on the windmills of the Campo de Cartegena in Spain in IM 89, 90 and 91. 

Chris definitely belonged to the same group of molinologists as did Claude Rivals, Paul Bauters, Michael Harverson and others, who were promoters for an ‘extended’ culturally mill awareness.

 Chris in 1973 at the Zaanse Schans during the TIMS 3rd Symposium.