Rila Mountains

Bulgaria = Summer 2011

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July 1st 2011
Michaela, the friend I went to Nicaragua with, is FROM Bulgaria. She invited me to go home with her for a week and she was so nice and worked with my school schedule. We left as soon as school got out for the summer. I spent a week with Michaela and her family. Then, I traveled directly on to Turkey for 4 more weeks, but I'll talk about Turkey in a separate post! Michaela had also invited a goo ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City

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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