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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 NikkiT
July 26th 2009

Visit to a Bulgarian Village Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

Our greeters!

Today I went on a trip to a village called Dubovik, which was about an hour and a half outside of Varna. Upon arriving in this small village the mayor, a woman named Tanya Purveva, came out and greeted us. Dubovik has a population of about 200 and a lot of elderly people. In fact, the mayor told us that the lack of youth is a problem in her opinion and wishes that more young people would live there, but they all move to the larger villages or cities like Varna. The mayor then proceeded to give us a tour [View Full Entry]

By AntoniaBulgaria09
July 24th 2009

Aha! I am finally blogging Europe » Bulgaria

I am a terrible blogger. I have been blogging mentally, not physically. I just found a cafe with a computer, which makes blogging easier than on my blackberry. I am having a fantastic time here in Varna. The directors of the project are amazing and very nice. I love the Djanavara site. I have been excavating from around 8 am to 1:30 pm each day, because it gets very, very HOT in the middle of the day. The team is really cool. I love the participants from around the globe and the Bulgarian team. We are getting along really well. I [View Full Entry]

By dafs
July 21st 2009

Na Zdrave! Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

Albena by Night

Its been a while, but in June I went on a fieldtrip with college to Bulgaria. Without any expectations I left and found out that Bulgaria had a lot more to offer than I could ever imagine! It started right off in the good way. I gathered with some classmates and we never left each others sides again for the rest of the week. Our trip started in Eindhoven where we took a very small and somewhat dangerous plane (note: weird sounds) to Burgas. That was some kind of culture shock right there! Chaos all over, unorganized mess and the [View Full Entry]

By YZ
July 21st 2009

...Continuing Work... Europe » Bulgaria » West » Sofia

New Driveway

UPDATE: The land clearing phase has just ended and as you can see from the photos, the property is actually taking some form now. Both older houses have been completely demolished and all that is remaining are some rocks (used for walls and base) from the smaller old house. The rock pile has grown considerably and my back is thankful that this work is finished for now. Our friendly backhoe operator performed some good work for us was able to clear most of the thick bushes and trees away from the land. He also formed a parking area adjacent to the [View Full Entry]

By Judy Stump
July 21st 2009

Bulgaria Greece Trip Journal Europe » Bulgaria

2009 Bulgaria and Greece Trip Journal Tuesday 5/5/2009 This morning had the typical final preparation jitters before a major trip. Did I forget to do anything? (of course) Is there something I forgot to plan? (of course) Have I packed the wrong things? (of course) Bulgaria is once again pushing our travel experience envelope and the trip difficulty which is still unsolved is how we are going to travel from Bulgaria south to Greece. The motivation for this trip is as illogical as the one when we went to Croatia. Dave wants to &l [View Full Entry]

By Adelka
July 19th 2009

Bulgaria. Rodopy. Zapomniana kraina. Europe » Bulgaria » South » Haskovo » Gorno Lukovo

Widok z tarasu Javora

W srode, 15stego, znudzeni juz morzem, ruszylismy w strone Sofii. Nie ujechawszy zbyt wiele, zdalismy sobie sprawe z tego, ze tam tez niczego ciekawego nie znajdziemy. Postanowilismy wiec skierowac sie na poludnie, w Rodopy, gdzie znajomy Konstantyna, Javor, zaklada powoli swoja baze. Jakims cudem udalo nam sie tu dotrzec i ....obecnie znajduje sie na koncu swiata (a jednak z dostepem do internetu:-), w opuszczonej wiosce bulgarskiej, 4 km od granicy greckiej, u podnoza Rodopow. Cos absolutnie niebywalego! Ruiny opuszczonych 57 kamiennych domostw a posrod nich, jeden super odrestaurowany dom J [View Full Entry]

By jewel89
July 16th 2009

Week in review Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

I can’t believe tomorrow’s my last day here in Plovdiv! Time really flies when you do these volunteer camps, it’s crazy. As much as I’m looking forward to coming home, it’s still sad to think of leaving here. Wednesday pretty much cemented the fact we're all going crazy w/ these kids - everyone of us girl volunteers has been molested by these kids. They're not shy about it either, they grab on. Hard. I dare the next one to try it (they were good yesterday) because they will get their hand smacked, and hard. Oh yes, we've also pretty much all [View Full Entry]

By Adelka
July 14th 2009

Bulgaria. Sofia. Czarne Morze. Europe » Bulgaria » East » Burgas » Ravda

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Moja bulgarska przygoda trwa dopiero tydzien a wydarzylo sie juz tyle, ze zupelnie nie wiem od czego zaczac. Jak to wszytko ujac. Zaskoczenie na kazdym kroku. Syf i rozpierducha totalna! Czas zatrzymal sie tu w epoce tow. Gierka i najwyrazniej nie ma ochoty ruszac z miejsca! Moze zaczne od tego, ze szczesliwie nie musze podrozowac przez bulgarskie bezkresy sama. Okazalo sie, ze Konstatntyn, bulgarski znajomek zapoznany w Norwegii, ma wystarczajaco dlugie wakacje, zeby moc odbyc ze mna wspolna podroz wzdluz calego kraju. Od Sofii, po samo morze. Bardzo dobrze sie zlozylo, bo majac przewodnika [View Full Entry]

By jewel89
July 13th 2009

New group! Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

The Ampitheatre in Old Plovdiv

So, we met the new bunch of kiddies yesterday - world of difference b/w the two groups. Three of the girls came into our kitchen, introduced themselves and asked if we'd go play football. We had just woken up (it was like, 11am haha), so we told them later. (Even though it was supposed to be our 'day off' we still didn't mind). When we finally went downstairs they all came over and were like shaking hands w/ us and everything haha. Aw, too cute! And then even ask for things - it's no more grabbing glasses or cameras, I love [View Full Entry]

He loved the statue a little too much haha

By Sarah B and Sarah S
July 12th 2009

The final day... Europe » Bulgaria » West » Sofia

Well this morning we left Plovdiv to head back to Sofia. After the usual train fun we have come to enjoy (really how can you call a train 'express' when its 30 minutes late?!?) we made it back to Sofia, or as they call it here, squiggle. Sofia bored us before, there was little to do and were here purely because the plane happens to be here. Were stopping in a different hostel this second time, a place that's won loads of awards and shiny things. When we arrived we were given a talk off the staff about what to do [View Full Entry]

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