Plovdiv - Veliko Tarnovo
July 13th 2007 We have a whirlwind seven weeks to hightail back to Paris. We are going via a few more Eastern European nations with plans for all the IA countries, the Slovakias, Romanias, Bulgarias and Hungarias.
First up, Bulgaria, proudly boasting "the oldest survived state in Europe which has kept its original name".
You suspect a country's tourism is in its infanacy when the customs official at the bord
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