Beautiful Bulgaria

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6/23/09
Lily:
Over the last four days, we have been in Pamporovoro and Sofia, Bulgaria. Pamporovoro is up in the mountains. We stayed at two different apartments. We did lots of hiking in the mountains. The views are small until you get up high, but when you are high up, the views are great.
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Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria. There is lots of architecture in Sofia is European. I enjoyed the fancy shapes in the architecture a lot.
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We have repeatedly tried to find book stores, yet we have failed to find book stores for English speaking kids. We hope for better luck in Hungary.
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On our last day in Bulgaria, we went to the train station to take a train to Hungary, yet we were told that we could not go because the Serbia trains were on strike. Instead we went by bus for 12 hours, arriving at 2AM in the morning. It was our only choice. The bus we took was a double decker, and we were able to go on the top part. Me, Austin, and my dad got to sit in the front, because only 6 other people were on the bus. We made it to Budapest, and took a cab to our hotel at 2AM, and I was tired the next day

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Photos

The Needle
Needle tower on top of Mt Pamporovoro - Bulgaria.

Pamporovoro Salad
Steph, the vegetarian, and Lily, the sympathetic, have had a harder time with the limited salads in Bulgaria. This one was unique though.

Royal Palace
The capital had amazing architecture.

St. Alexander Church
Sofia Bulgaria

St. Nicholas Church
A Russian style church in Sofia Bulgaria

Hot Dog Man
This hot dog vender was a very portable one man operation.

Bus
With Serbian train workers on strike, we resorted to a 12 hour bus ride from Bulgaria (through Sebia) to Budapest Hungary. Front row, top deck, and lots of space.