DEAD SNAKE ON THE ROAD

SIMPLE SOFIA AND PLEASANT VELIKO TARNOVO

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October 17th 2008
Border control in the Bulgarian side was the easiest in the EU I have experienced, very quick processing the border guard did not even get up the bus to check each one of us, the driver has the passports and it got stamped quite quickly, i am the only backpacker, all are Serbians or Bulgarians. Arrived just past 9am in Sofia, asked info for Skopje buses and also to Veriko Tarnovo, then looked for ... read more

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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, b... ... read more