Sofia

East and West - Bulgaria and Mother England

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April 13th 2007
My exit from Greece took longer than expected. After a 4am rise to make my plane out of Crete, my flight was cancelled due to bad weather. A bit of fog that cleared in an hour. And it didn't seem to matter to my airline that all the other airlines were still taking off. Chaos followed as everyone rushed to the ticketing desk to try and get the next flight out of there. Human nature at it's worst. ... read more

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more