Blogs from Sofia, Sofia City , Bulgaria, Europe - page 13

So. Habe mich jetzt einigermassen mit der Stadt hier versoehnt und finde sie nicht mehr ganz sooo langweilig. Laueft man nur lang genug ziellos umher, so findet sich irgendwann schon eine schoene Ecke. Naja, und jetzt sind es ja auch nur noch 2 Stunden bis die Bimmelbahn abfaehrt. Ich hoffe ja innig, ich lande nicht in einem tuerkischen Liegewagen, sondern in einem bulgarischen. Die sollen wohl besser sein. Oder war es andersrum? Jedenfalls werd ich jetzt mal noch meine letzten Lewa auf den Kopf hauen, auch wenn ich schon satt bin und ich eigentlich nicht weiss wofuer. Apropros Lewa: Der festgesetzte Umrechnungskurs zum Euro betraegt 1:1,95883 - na wem kommt die Zahl noch bekannt vor? Richtisch! Der/die/das Lewa war ma 1:1 an die D-Mark gebunden, daher gibt es jetzt diesen lustigen, uns allen noch aus Euro-Umstellungs-Zeiten ... read more

Hello Everyone! This is the first real blog entry, now that I have time to relax for a few minutes. I've been keeping a little journal of things that we've done since the first day, so here is a quick summary: DAY 0 - Flying over the Atlantic There was a full moon out over the calm Atlantic, quite an amazing site to see. I have never seen anything so amazing. DAY 1 - Arrive in Sofia We arrived safely in Sofia and were greeted by Alex's cousins Emo and Sylva. Nobody spoke a word of English, so Alex did all of the translating for us. We drove through the city back to Alex's grandmother's house where we would be staying for the next 2 nights. Marcel & I immediately went for a nap when we ... read more

Bulgaria or bust! Europe » Bulgaria » Sophia By TheKeithsMarch 26th 2007Alana and Bryan Keithurl='/Videos/2978.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2978.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Downtown Bulgariaurl='/Videos/2982.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2982.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Changing of the GuardsBulgaria -- great food, beautiful churches, awesome skiing, good prices. What more can you ask for? We loved Sofia, but skiing on fresh snow at Mount Vitosha was the real highlight of Bulgaria. ... read more

Thursday March 8. Last night I accessed my e-mails. I had e-mails from Alison, Peter and Tony. I replied and Peter replied again almost immediately. It is still amazing for me this internet. As so usual it is difficult to get out of these cities on a bike with the roads built for cars and of motorway standard. At the start of the E80 I asked a police officer for route 8 which runs next to the motorway but he insisted that it was better to use the hard shoulder of the motorway so with some trepidation I did. Not surprisingly I made good progress but at Novi Sad I decided to go on to route 8 - a mistake. For 20 kms I tried to ride on this potholed road which made riding all but ... read more

Hi all, Well it's time for my long overdue blog entry from our Christmas break. Arriving in Bulgaria it didn't take us long before we met some of the locals. Taxi, you want taxi, I have taxi, I take you. This wasn't all that new to most of us, but we weren't too sure of where we should head to and it wasn't all that easy to organise a group of 17 to communicate with about six drivers to take us to our hotel. Luckily a nice local lady pointed us in the right directon and spoke to the drivers for us (with our fingers crossed that we were not being ripped off!!!) and we were on our way. The race was one. Taxi v's taxi. Safe and sound at the Park Hotel Vitosha we unpacked ... read more