The last stopover of this trip was a ski resort, Razlog. The city must be packed in winter with skiers. In August, it was a quiet place with few visitors. The city center is a nice place to take a walk. Razlog has a viewing platform on top of one the mountains. The hike to […]
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Heraclea Sintica Shortly, I was at the mineral springs. The area was clean and unspoiled by human presence but all facilities were there – change rooms, showers, and toilets. This water does not contain sulfur and it does not smell. The list of what it does contain is long including rare-earth-elements, metals, and minerals. I
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Macedonia – Petrich, Bulgaria There were three places in the vicinity of Petrich that I wanted to visit: the ancient city Heraclea Sintica, the other Vanga Museum and hot springs in Rupite. All three places are located within several kilometers from each other which makes it possible to see all of them the same day.
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Strumica, Macedonia I was up early and at 7 a.m., I was already outside with my backpack. I shut the door of the apartment leaving the key inside as it was agreed with the owner, Dragan. I heard nothing from him the night before and, running ahead of the story, I can tell that Dragan
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Green Bird Farm, August 2020 At the farm I went to the ostrich farm a few more times and finally met other volunteers there. Many who wanted to come this year had to cancel their plans because of the travel restrictions. So during my first 2 visits, I was the only volunteer there. The main
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Byala, Bulgaria, August 2020 It was one of the “idle days” when I thought that I should spend some of my free time on doing good deeds instead of lazing around. Googling volunteer opportunities came up with a new site workaway.info that I hadn’t seen before. Apparently, it is possible to volunteer almost anywhere in
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Belgrade, Serbia to Byala, Bulgaria The time in Byala is always pure enjoyment. It is not a kind of feverish excitement but a blissful relaxed state that comes from being surrounded by beauty and nature. The biggest part of it is of course the sea. I can see it from anywhere in my apartment and
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Denver to Amsterdam Passport control at the airport asked no usual questions about the purpose of my trip, length of stay and so on. I showed my Australian passport, got a stamp and was free to go. Serbia did not care. My driver met me outside of the airport. As I explained in the previous
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My night flight from Saint Petersburg, Russia was via Moscow. I arrived in Varna at 8 am, took the bus to Byala and one hour later I was in my apartment. Everything looked dusty; the air in the rooms was stuffy. The last time I stayed there was 7 months ago. I threw open all
Bulgaria, the Rila Monastery I am going to Serbia today. My route from Blagoevgrad is via Sofia. At the bus station in Blagoevgrad while waiting for the bus I made a mistake of waving my hand in front of my nose because a woman was blowing cigarette smoke into my face. Seeing my gesture, the
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