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Europe » Bulgaria » Plovdiv Province » Plovdiv August 19th 2023

After climbing Plovdiv's small hill culminating in the massive Alyosha monument (sort of a Tomb of the Unknown Soviet Soldier), I could only discern 4 hills: clock tower, TV tower, the higher Youth Hill behind me, and, of course, Alyosha on which I was standing. During the next day's Socialist Architecture Walking tour (not to be missed but only a couple days/week during high season), the guide told me that Old Town consists of three hills allegedly making the total number seven. Dubious topography aside, Plovdiv was fantastic. Hard to phathom that less than 3 weeks ago I was still in Plovdiv as I am now sweltering in Malacca, Malaysia. Mid-day have to chillax in the AC hostel so using the time to wrap up this blog entry. $US ≈ 1.80 Bulgarian lev (лв) PlovdivI really ... read more
Roman Forum of Philippopolis
Ancient Agora
Roman Forum of Philippopolis

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City » Sofia July 31st 2023

Dear Blog Readers, We'd been really looking forward to this trip, our first time visiting Bulgaria! We'd managed to use some Avios points and a free cabin upgrade resulting in business class returns for 55,000 points and £1 which felt like a steal! Flying this way, the holiday starts at the airport after going through business class check-in, fast-track security, and then straight into the lounge. At Terminal 3 there are several OneWorld lounges to choose from even though we were flying with BA - we decided to go to the Cathay Pacific Lounge. The main reason was that it has its own noodle bar so we could have some miso soup and Vietnamese pho before even taking off! Once in the air, we were treated to a meal and the three-and-a-half-hour journey flew by, landing ... read more
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Europe » Bulgaria June 29th 2023

Nas prvy letecky vylet k moru. vlak bre-ham-bre Cesta zacala vlakom do hamburgu, hned na stanici v bremach konflikt s kokotkom s bicyklom co cakal na vytah na peron ako my. Kokot si caka, nezmackne gombik, julia teda stlaci, dvere sa otvoria (nelogicky su tu z dvoch prilahlych stran) on nabieha dnu svojimi a ja svojimi, este sa rozculuje co si to dovolujem ist dnu. Vo vlaku ideme do cyklo vagonu, vlak prazdny. Na preplnenej stanici v hamburgu ideme skoro az na koniec nastupiska kde je az jeden vytah, nastastastie ziadne dlhe cakanie. Po vystupeny neprekvapili arogantny nemecky dochodci co su lenivy ist pohyblivymi schodmi so svojimi kuframi ale vyuzivaju vytah urceny pre kociky, bicykle, invalidov. Keby za nimi nebola kopa kocikov nic nepovim ale co si budeme hovorit, su to kokoti. Prestupujeme na sbahn smer ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria » Varna Province » Varna September 24th 2022

Ready for some golf in the middle of nowhere? Well, here is a great example of it. Just over 10 years ago, some guy had the idea to build a new "golf destination" on the Black Sea in Bulgaria. They brought in Gary Player and Ian Woosnam to design 3 courses, the classics Lighthouse as well as Black Sea Rama golf courses...and the way more spectacular, Gary Player designed, Thracian Cliffs. So a little more about this little side trip of 3 nights, 4 days...I must admit, slightly in the middle of nowhere. It's mainly direct low cost/charter planes that are coming to Varna, on the Black Sea. Austrian is flying once a day, not very convenient schedule for me, arriving from London and leaving to Brussels. So I went for the other option, the once ... read more
Not that easy to aim at a green 190 meters somewhere down there...
Stunning! Picture taken from the tee box...the par 3 green is down there....
I end up losing two more balls here...

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City December 27th 2021

Lubo started his tour at the rear of his home, a view that only the residents would see. The front of the building was the first memory lubo shared of time gone by with his parents and grandparents alongside their car, now a vintage model. The area had several embassies. We came to Crystal Park garden named after a hotel bar now closed. The park is an open-air art centre & gathering place, particularly for bench parties which was interesting to learn about. In the same garden, not far from the place of his murder, a monument to Stefan Stambolov. Stambolov ranks among the most remarkable Bulgarian politicians and statesmen of all times, and prime-minister of Bulgaria in the period 1887–1894. More than 120 years after his death, Stefan Stambolov still divides the nation. For some, ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria November 30th 2021

The crossing back into Bulgaria is our longest drive for a while and whilst we are not visiting Sofia its capital we will be staying there tonight. But Serbia has one more surprise, some more atrocious roads, seemingly better than some two weeks go when they were completely removed but even after an early start it takes us some time to get to the border. There has been some anxiety from Graeme in returning back into the EU with the dog and her mounting pile of paperwork, in reality we have everything we need but this is unchartered territory since we left the EU and whilst every crossing she has just been waived through all with an air of disinterest, his concern is just it takes just that one time where they deem it incorrect. But ... read more
Picnic time
Seven Rila Lakes
Rila monestry

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City » Sofia July 28th 2020

Bonjour à tous, Avant de vous parler de ma journée, je voudrais vous faire part d'un constat de comportement entre la Roumanie, surtout de l'est, avec ces 3 jours à circuler en Bulgarie. Ici j'ai retrouvé ''la civilisation'', que ce soit, surtout, au volant et dans les rues. Fini ce climat, ces comportements agressifs de la Roumanie. Fini la mendicité belliqueuse, qui est chia…. à la longue. J'y ai réfléchi, et fait le constat, qui n'est qu'une hypothèse, et ça n'a pas valeur d'étude, c'est qu'ici les gens ont beaucoup plus le type caucasien, voir pas du tout le teint foncé, type rom, j'ose à peine dire basané. Et cette différence, elle est sur une courte distance, 200km, et une concentration de population bien différente, mais que c'est agréable d'évoluer dans cette ambiance. Question, pensez vous ... read more
monastère du Rila
monastère du Rila
Sofia moderne

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City » Sofia July 27th 2020

Bonjour à tous, Aujourd'hui j'ai raté mom coup. Un super petit déjeuner ce matin, servi en terrasse, au calme dans cette toute petite rue du vieux Velico-Tarnovo. Ça me rattrape un peu d'hier au soir. Je ne peux pas dire précisément ce que j'ai mangé, un genre de rizotto, sur, avec des champignons, mais pour le reste ???, moi qui suis chiant pour manger, ici je ne suis pas vraiment à ma place. Je voulais me rendre à Sofia par le chemin des écoliers, vagabonder un peu dans la campagne Bulgare, plus tôt que de faire une bonne partie du trajet par l'autoroute. Tout en sachant que je ne passerais pas beaucoup de temps à Sofia, vu le peux d'activités touristiques proposées. J'ai donc programmé, Sevlievo et ensuite Gabrovo. La deuxième partie étant sur une petite ... read more
palais de la Présidence
National Gallery
sympa l'hôtel


Bonjour à tous, Hier après midi, comme j'étais à la fraîche dans la chambre, je suis allé sur le net voir les restos de Bucarest. Il y en un qui était encensé sur plusieurs sites, le Caru Cu Bere. Restaurant de spécialités roumaines, par contre il faut réserver plusieurs jours è l'avance. Il est seulement à 300m de l'hôtel. J'y vais et j'ai la chance d'avoir une table. C'est la plus ancienne brasserie de Bucarest, ouverte en 1879. Les Rolling Stones, Nicholas Cage, Demi Moore, Kirk Douglas, le Prince du Japon, etc y ont mangés. Et depuis hier Moi, J'espère bientôt être sur la liste de ces célébrités. J'ai mangé en terrasse, mais j'avais lu qu'il fallait absolument voir l'intérieur. Je pensé, que c'était une ancienne église, mais non, c'est le propriétaire de l'époque, qui l'a ... read more
Monastere Preobrazenski
Veliko-Tarnovo
quand elle souriait wahoo

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City » Boyana March 15th 2020

12th March 2020 Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria just keeps getting better and better, and Sofia is beautiful!We have booked our ongoing tickets to Belgrade Serbia, although this time they have asked for our phone number in the event that the border is closed. Mmmm! Our apartment is really central again and we've found the local supermarket and walked to the centre of town.The free walking tour tomorrow will show us everything we need to see, so better wait until then to explore more. 13th March 2020 Sophia Being next to the tram line can be a real advantage. When you are on the first floor right on the tram line, it is not conducive to good sleep when it feels and sounds like the tram is running right through your bedroom every 60 seconds from 6am! Our ... read more
Rila Monastery
Rila Monastery
Rila Monastery




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