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A Tour of Bulgaria and Vacation on the Black Sea

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May 30th 2015
After visiting so many places in Europe, both tourist attractions and simple rural villages, it came to me that I had never been in any of the Easter European states. Well, to be truthful, it didn’t just strike me while fantasizing about my next travel vacation. I have a Scottish friend from Glasgow that had been to Bulgaria before and we were having ale one night when he told me all about his 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