Blogs from Bulgaria, Europe - page 59

Once the bus go to Plovdiv i went lookin for the hostel... it took me quite a while to actually find even when i was on the right street people didnt know where the street was.. but eventually i found it. After i got there that day i didnt really do that much went out to a restaurant with some of the guys that id met in sofia and veliko and were her now aswell.. this is where i had my most disgustin meal.. i ordered some kind of fried cheese coated in egg batter or somthin and after eatin a couple i felt sick and couldnt eat any more.. not the sick where ya gonna throw up just the sick where you eatin somethin so heavy ya cant eat any more... that night had a ... read more

It's regrettable, but inevitable, that on a trip such as this, sometimes places don't get their just due. It could be bad weather, it could be logistical complications, or it could be they fall during a break in our verve. While we had a great time in Istanbul, and saw more than we thought upon reflection, we certainly didn't do our best job of getting off the beaten path. One reason for this was the crew that travelled with us from V.T. continued their corrupting influence in Istanbul. While Farrah went off with her parents to stay in four-star luxury, Adam and Joel stayed in the same hostel. This lead to many a good night, but cut into cultural exploration. This isn't to say we didn't get a fairly good sample of Istanbul during our four ... read more

I spent about 10 days in total in Sofia... after arrivin i found the hostel fairly easy, the hostel was prolly one of the best i stayed in which is prolly the reason i managed to stay so long.. there was free all you can eat breakfast and a free pasta and beer each night.., bein there for so long i got to see a bit of the nightlife ended up goin to quite a few different nightclubs and bars.. one bar we went to had a bucks night so we got to see all the craziness bulgarians get up to.. also went to a place called Studentski Grad, where there was a heep of bars in the one area about a 10 inute taxi ride from the city.. durin the days id ever sleep, hang ... read more

We boarded the train at 13:37 and ran into an American couple from our hostel in Bucharest, Justine and Christine who joined us in our Romanian train compartment. The conductor in our carriage was trying to extort 100,000 Romanian Lei from us for the privilege and when we refused to pay he got quite angry, waving his cigar around and shouting something that not one of us understood. At the Bulgarian border we changed carriages and continued our journey in peace. We arrived into Veliko Tarnovo shortly before dusk and walked for about 40 minutes to a homestay which had been recomended to us. Veliko Tarnovo is a pretty, small town, built into a hillside with all the houses overlooking a meandering stream in the valley. We eventually found the place where we wanted to stay ... read more

We had a 3 hour border stop in order to get into the country. A very long boring 3 hour stop as we're not allowed to watch a movie, listen to music or even look like we are having fun. If we laugh at something, the guards might think we are laughing at them and decide not to let us in. They've also been known to take cameras and ipod type things just because they can so we had to hide everything of value. Finally allowed in - drove some more - set up camp. After a long drive from the day before we all indulged in a few drinks last night... some more than others - so Niki was a little hungover for Sofia, but luckily it wasn't one of the fast paced visits. There ... read more