Blagoevgrad The Cardinal hotel in Blagoevgrad was my home for 2 nights. The room was worth its rate of 40 lv ($24) per night. In the morning I tried to have a long shower which is hardly possible in Bulgaria. Water heaters do not have large tanks for that. Hot water lasted long enough to […]
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Stara Zagora The heavy rain stopped during the night and the sun broke through the clouds. The weather was definitely improving. Today was going to be a traveling day, no sightseeing. My goal was to get from Stara Zagora to Blagoevgrad via the shortest route, i.e. without going to Sofia. I was in Sofia before,
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It was sad to leave Byala. The past few days were sunny. The Black sea calmed down after a storm; its waters became clear and inviting again and everyone in the city headed for the beach to use perhaps the last chance to have a swim this year. The weather changed overnight. It was drizzling
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Trip 1 Trip 2 Hurrah, I was going to Bulgaria again! The flights were the same: Denver – Washington, D.C. – Vienna – Varna. The airport in Varna is small with only a few regular international flights. During the high season there are dozens of charter flights from European cities, but I fly from America
The underrated country Bulgaria is one of the most underrated countries in Europe. I am not the first person to say this and may not be the last. By the time I am writing this I have been to 73 countries and territories. When I go to a new place I often ask myself the
