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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 jewel89
July 11th 2009

Half way point Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

Simeon - camera hog

I'm currently sitting by the window watching a lovely thunderstorm. There is nothing better than reading a good book, sitting curled up on the couch, and listening to the rain. It's not quite as good as the one we had the other day (where we lost power, about 10 screen windows blew out into the backyard etc), but it's still a good storm. It's a nice break in the weather too - it's not boiling for once. I can't believe the camps already half done... these volunteer stints always go by so fast, it's sad. Yesterday afternoon we ended up bringing [View Full Entry]

By Sarah B and Sarah S
July 11th 2009

Another storm. Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

Well we are in our final country and final stop of the trip. We are in a place called Plovdiv, about 3 hours from Sofia where we were yesterday, and where we will be tomorrow for our fight on Monday. Sofia was odd, it didnt seem like a capital city, not helped by the fact we arrived there at 6am. There was little to see, which we knew would be the case. We went to see a cathedral and a crypt which SB probably went on about yesterday. This morning we came here after much fun. We struggled to find the [View Full Entry]

By jewel89
July 10th 2009

Come! Come! Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

Nikki at work

The kids have calmed down a bit since we began... or maybe I'm just getting used to it, I'm not sure haha. It's funny because that's the one English word they ALL know how to say - COME, COME! A couple know please which is nice, but very often you just have them run up to you, take a flying leap for your chest or just grab your hand and pull - come, come! Come, come! Yesterday morning we played outside as per usual - it was too cute. There's one kid that's clearly the leader of the bunch; he's a [View Full Entry]

By carterface
July 10th 2009

Varna Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

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When in Bulgaria everyone was telling me not to trust public transport, and that the best way to get around the country was by hitchhiking. But being that I knew no Bulgarian and all of my trains were paid for, I decided to take the best train in the country—the express train to Varna. If you don’t know, Varna is a beach town on the edge of the Black Sea and Bulgaria’s third largest city. When staying with Jordan he mentioned that Varna would be a much better capitol because it is cleaner, nicer and the people are better. After this [View Full Entry]

By Adelka
July 9th 2009

Bulgaria:-)) Europe » Bulgaria » East » Burgas » Ravda

Na szybko z knajpki internetowej. Przylecialam 3 dni temu do Sofii. Wszystko jak w Polsce tylko, ze taki Bialystok '78 ale z McDonaldem i KFC:-) Wczoraj dotarlam nad Morze Czarne. Przywitala mnie pelnia ksiezyca nad tafla wody. Wbieglam o polnocy na golke prosto w objecia fal, i nie mogac poskromic krzyku radosci wydalam go z siebie z glowa pod woda, zeby nikt nie przybiegl na ratunek:-) Cos pieknego! Niesamowita radosc i poczucie wolnosci taka naga samotna kapiel w swietle ksiezyca! Niedlugo uzupelnie wpisy z Francji i Barcelony oraz zamieszcze foty. Na szczescie internet tu maja:-) [View Full Entry]

By supergran
July 8th 2009

Brief report Europe » Bulgaria » East » Varna

So after a uneventful(barring thunderstorms) trip back I'm now in the middle of sorting out finances, visiting family, cars and properties - ie nothing changes. However have managed 2 trips to Varna beach, once to meet pete and family and once (yesterday ) with G for company. Just as well as needed him to push start the white car(john's). Now killing time whilst key and starting lock are sorted.At least it's not as hot.Yesterday it was 34C on beach(fortunately with light wind to help cooling. )In an hour's time I'm meeting up with an old friend who waitressed in the restaurant [View Full Entry]

By jewel89
July 8th 2009

Wow. Europe » Bulgaria » South » Plovdiv

Hellooooo

So, first off a bit about our schedule - first week we're with 15 orphans, aged around 6-10yrs, all with either physical or mental disabilities. Second week we're with older kids (11-15ish), but we don't know how many, or if they're disabled. Our daily schedule is usually 9:30-11:30am outside w/ the kids (sometimes 30-60min inside on the comp as well), a well deserved break where we literally eat and then flop out in our rooms, and then 4-6pm we play inside w/ the kids trying to get them to do crafts or stuff like that. Plovdiv is quite warm - and [View Full Entry]

By Henrik og Mette
July 5th 2009

Bulgarien Europe » Bulgaria » East

Togstation i Sofia

Saa er vi taget tul Bulgarien, og her er bare skoent. Dog startede det med en 28,5 times togtur, hvilket var meget haardt. Vi startede med at tage fra Graekenland mod Sofia som er Bulgariens hovedstad. Vi tog et nattog, hvor vi fik en sovekupe (Saa vi har proevet at sove i en sovekupe nu ;-)) Desvaerre var der ikke mindre end 2 paskontroller, hvoraf den ene tog 1 time! Dette var ret ubehageligt, da det skete klokken 3 om natten, saa vi fik ikke meget mere end et par timers soevn. Da vi endelig kom til Sofia, var toget 2 [View Full Entry]

By jewel89
July 4th 2009

Sofia travels Europe » Bulgaria » West » Sofia

Warning in Bulgarian

I took another lazy day today. I woke up to a bit of thunder, and was not at all motivated to move. Also, I could hear the street dogs barking all last night and wasn't too keen on meeting them in person. So instead, I decided to take today to upload a bunch of photos, organize some travel stuff, and just relax. Oh, and I had no local currency yet, and I didn’t really feel like roaming the streets of Sofia by myself. Sketch. When I went down for supper though, the restaurant was closed. Crap. Looks like I’ll be venturing [View Full Entry]

By jewel89
July 3rd 2009

Sigh. Why do the weird ones gravitate to me? Europe » Bulgaria » West » Sofia

Flying over Europe

I had the most bizarre encounter as I left Frankfurt. I truly have skill. Bus ride last night was alright - I didn’t sleep much b/c I’m so excited/nervous about Bulgaria, but I still managed to get 2-3 hours. I hate passport control… again, at 12:30am as we pass into Germany we get the guards. At least they were friendly… but we got stuck there for an hour. Sigh. Rest of the bus ride was uneventful (I talked to 2 American boys for a bit while stuck in controls), and then I had breakfast at the train station before taking the [View Full Entry]

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