Cathedral, Varna, Bulgaria

Black Sky's & Blue Sea?

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June 8th 2010
What a nightmare bus trip, we didn't even imagine it was going to be that awful. We caught the bus from Ohrid at 7pm after a day of hanging around the town in cafes and restaurants with our backpacks. The bus was really empty so J and I thought that our luck was in and had a seat each to ourselves and could spread out and try and get some sleep. It was one of the bumpiest and windy roads yet and t ... 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