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Pavlov’s Bell in Plovdiv

June 21st 2018
HE SAID... Today were travelling southwest from Veliko Tarnovo to Plovdiv. We woke to the sound of the church bell close to our hotel. We were leaving by train for Plovdiv, and it was an early start, so there were no cafes open for breakfast. We’d picked up some bananas and water the night before, but we would have killed for a cup of tea or coffee. We jumped into a taxi outsi ... read more
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Bulgarian Flag 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
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14th September 2018

Statue
This monument is not in our guide book, was it in the old town area?
15th September 2018

Re: Statue
The Unification Monument is on a main road towards the river from the city centre… if you walk down the entire length of the Knyaz Aleksandar pedestrian street, and turn left on September 6 Rd, it's a block or so away. It sits on a large square across the road (that you can access via an underpass).

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