Bulgaria is worth visiting Due to a recent trip where we met some Bulgarians we are now interested in visiting. We enjoyed this blog and are eager to read your others. It is always great traveling to locations that are not too expensive.MJ
Bulgaria !! The rise and fall of prosperous cities in the Ancient world makes fascinating reading. I presume the Thracians were from Thrace which enjoyed a golden age. Are there ruins of Thrace itself on show? Economic decline following the fall of communism was often discussed with our Bulgarian companions on our recent Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan roadtrip. The Soviets insisted all children attended school to a certain level and we were told everyone was provided with housing and were employed. The Soviet bloc countries that gained independence around 1991 have certainly suffered economically while finding their own way. Interesting to see how Bulgaria develops.
Thracian ruins There are several sites with ruins from the Thracians around Bulgaria. We didn't visit any of them so I can't really say if they are worth going to. The reason we didn't see any ruin site is that we are two people and one likes ruins much more than the other. /Ake
We hope so too We also hope this will encourage people to visit Bulgaria. We had high hopes before we went on this trip and we had a better time and enjoyed ourselves more than we ever hoped we would. /Ake
Bulgaria Three of our group on our recent road trip through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were Bulgarians. And they all knew how to party! We have a standing invite to visit so maybe you can entice us to make it happen! Bring it on!!!
The first Bulgaria blog - only a teaser We absolutely loved Bulgaria and the first entry can be seen as a teaser. The really good stuff is yet to come :-) /Ake
Your list likely includes the covered bridges in Oregon which my sister & I visited a few years ago. We have a few covered bridges in Canada in our Atlantic provinces as well.
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Ven... full info
Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht
Awesome!!