In the Train

Vacation to Bulgaria

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December 20th 2008
Ryan and I decided to take our December holiday in Bulgaria with three of our friends. We went to Sofia and then Plovdiv from the train in Istanbul. Overall, we had a really great vacation. However, as in all good vacations, we had a couple of really bizarre moments, all of which I think took place on the trains. It took us 16 hours to get from Istanbul to Sofia - we were overbooked on our slee ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria

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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