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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and democratization keep Bulgaria on a path toward eventual integration into the EU. The country joined NATO in 2004. To be updated

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By supergran
June 27th 2007

Proud owner

Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

As U might guess from the title I now own my house in Boyana(2) and hopefuly I complete on original house on Thurs. So glad I had a represent. with me as otherwise the red tape would be scary(even translated it still sounds long-winded and repetitive). I went there yesterday and started to unpack the van helped by 3 locals. They were very helpful but they also wanted a nose round inside and see if any pickings might br forthcoming. At the end of the day you'd have thought it was Xmas for them and there is a guarntee that all [View Full Entry]

By supergran
June 24th 2007

We're having a heatwave ----

Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

and how even the regulars say it's hotter than usual(40 yesterday and 41/42 forecast for today.!!) Thank god for the sea. So pleanty has happened since my last blog - probably the most sensational thing is no 2 house should be mine on Mon after seeing the notary and parting with 27000Eu. Hoping to begin removing on Tues but am keeping on hostel place so that I have a release in the evenings to break me in easily to the new routine. The old one has become first thing each am go down to the van spend time with and feed/water [View Full Entry]

By Megan Williams
June 22nd 2007

2 night trains and a short introduction to Bulgarian life

Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

Old town Plovdiv

Hello again everyone, Really nice to get loads of messages and emails from you all, keep um coming. Well since my last blog we have been in 3 different countries - though one, serbia, was just on the train. We left Istanbul at 10pm on monday and took the night train to Plovdiv. Wow. For those who have never been on one before, it is quite an experience. Very different indeed to british trains. The windows are all open so you can stick your head and and watch the countryside go (usually very slowly) by. The combination of this, our [View Full Entry]

By supergran
June 13th 2007

Life gets going

Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

2 decisions - that despite the fact that I keep doing silly things like loosing passports I apppear to be able to rise above such inconveniences and that despite a torrential downpour on/off beach (12th) me and my new bulgarian phone are unstoppable even when edging towards the wet T shirt brigade (along with half Varna populous). 2 Rakias and a cheese -filled pancake helped a treat. Made the (free) hostel pickup and on way home visited a deli/butcher, coming away with 1and half kilo piece of pork for £3.50!! Yes please life is good and today I move banks, pickup [View Full Entry]

By eims
June 10th 2007

Unsuccesful Womble Hunting in (Great Uncle) Bulgaria

Europe » Bulgaria » North » Veliko Tarnovo

En route
you cant tell but it was hotter than the sun in this compartment and my face was actually melting (indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark stylee)

We crossed the border from Turkey to Bulgaria on foot and in a cloud of mosquitos. Very exciting, despite having a blood sucker stuck to every bit of visible skin. The border guards were fairly surprised to see us weaving our way through the long line of articulated lorries but let us through anyway and all was well until we realised that we were in Bulgaria in the dark without a map and nowhere near any kind of civilisation. Luckily the friendly border guard took pity on us and phoned a 'taxi' to take us to the nearest station. My main [View Full Entry]

By supergran
June 9th 2007

PROGRESS AT LAST

Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

So what annoyed me on Thurs border stupidity in Serbia/Macedonia. But jumping ahead as I missed out beautiful stay in Croatia(just outside Zagreb).Crosing the border had been interesting with brown water lying 2 inches deep across main road and a bow wave that would have done credit to a speedboat,in amongst the lashing rain.Unfortunately wipers don't have a fast speed so it was quite interesting as lightning struck the ground off the road side. However with the car behaving and new rain repellent tyres on front wheels I felt ready for all challenges and as time was for once on my [View Full Entry]

By fahrplanfetischist
June 8th 2007

Sofia, die Zweite

Europe » Bulgaria » West » Sofia

So. Habe mich jetzt einigermassen mit der Stadt hier versoehnt und finde sie nicht mehr ganz sooo langweilig. Laueft man nur lang genug ziellos umher, so findet sich irgendwann schon eine schoene Ecke. Naja, und jetzt sind es ja auch nur noch 2 Stunden bis die Bimmelbahn abfaehrt. Ich hoffe ja innig, ich lande nicht in einem tuerkischen Liegewagen, sondern in einem bulgarischen. Die sollen wohl besser sein. Oder war es andersrum? Jedenfalls werd ich jetzt mal noch meine letzten Lewa auf den Kopf hauen, auch wenn ich schon satt bin und ich eigentlich nicht weiss wofuer. Apropros Lewa: [View Full Entry]

By supergran
June 7th 2007

orkneys and beyond or the lull B4 the storm

Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

Can hardly remember the number of experiences - definately too long between internet access. Now back @ Gregory's Backpackers for 2 nites to recover my sanity and the vans engine. Talking to your plants is nearly normal but talking to your car is not!! More of that anon!. SO - Orkneys - well a few myths put to rest here and myself also given a rest from the pandemonium before and also latterly. Many thanks for a great stay and really too perfect to be newsworthy with the" problem - hungry public.". But MY undying gratitude is asured + if anyone [View Full Entry]

By ecohen
May 10th 2007

Bulgaria Summary

Europe » Bulgaria » East » Nesebar

Mikre

Hi everyone!! It's been a few days, but I've reached the end of the first leg of my trip. I had limited access in Bulgaria, but I've kept a personal journal of all the sights that we've seen, and here is a summary. I don't have the exact dates of everything that we've seen, but all of these are in chronological order: MIKRE - A small rural village where Alex's grandfather lives. We met him and ate lunch at his house, and saw his goats - it was pretty funny, they were playing a game, trying to jump onto an [View Full Entry]

By ecohen
May 9th 2007

The Monestary

Europe » Bulgaria

Forest 1

Today, Alex's cousin had a naming ceremony at an old monestary in _. We took a bus in the morning and met his family there. We travelled, drank, and ate a lot of great food- I don't even remember what else we did - probably because we were drinking for about 8 hours straight... I'll write down what happened when I remember [View Full Entry]

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