Blogs from Sofia City , Bulgaria, Europe - page 11

Sofia and Bansko day 15 -17 (June 21 - 23) The truck was still wedged in our street the next morning, so we headed up the stairs with our luggage to walk the long way around to the Bus station. The trip was on a fairly comfortable bus. We sat near a young girl who was a local Bulgarian singer who gave us some tips on Sofia and some insight into Bulgaria. When we got to Sofia our rooms were in a fairly central area but in a hotel that was fairly tired. I ended up having a day in as I‘d jarred my wrist and it was fairly painful. We had a farewell dinner that night for one of the group who was leaving a few days early. Next morning I walked in the rain ... read more

The day started with an early 6am train from Thessaloniki, Greece to Sophia, Bulgaria. Which meant a 4am start for us the get ourselves and the baby washed, dressed and packed, and then a hurried scramble to the train station dragging our suitcase behind us (we were too cheap to pay for a taxi, so dragged that thing for 30mins semi-jogging - almost broke my arm off half a dozen times when the wheel would get stuck in pothole). Grabbed a final taste of Greece from a bakery before finally dropping down exhausted into the train - made it with 2 minutes to spare! The train was quite a clean but bland affair and a bit stuffy. Sesame decided she would give us some grief by being a bit hyperactive. Okay - it was kind of ... read more

'A happy Valentines day to all our readers'(hopefully). Here we currently have very cold wind to contend with,strong as well, as sitting here in my room with super ser on i listen to it howl around the eaves. Yesterday i interspersed my mail writing with a bath(not many places provide bath,bed, gas heating and internet connection together.!).Today I'm just glad to have peace for a while as yesterday my Bulgarian was stretched to the limit trying to get 2 of M's grandchildren to leave me in peace and go away to their own houses!In the end i succeeded but it took a lot out of me (and the day!).We had a brief overnight snowfall Thurs evening but by yesterday it had gone away in the sunshine.More expected towards next week. The last proper snow we had ... read more

Finding our hostel in Sofia was a bit of a scavenger hunt. The Hostel Mostel was listed in our Lonely Planet and was on our map of Sofia. We thought it would be a piece of cake to find. The spot listed as the Hostel Mostel was easy to find, but there wern't any hostels near the dot on the map. We must have looked somewhat flustered as we were standing on the sidewalk, because a German fellow came up to us to help us decipher the cyrillic road signs. With the German's help we were able to find a large building with a Hostel Mostel sign on it. However, once we got close to the sign we realized it was a sign explaining how the hostel had moved. There was a big map explaining how ... read more

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