Plovdiv, Bulgaria It’s hard to navigate around Bulgaria’s streets since everything is in Cyrillic… Cyrillic looks similar to Engish alphabets but it’s not. That’s the tricky part about it: trying to not read it as you would English. “HE ЛAPKИPAЙ!!! ГAPAЖ HE ЛAPKИPAЙ!!!” reads “NE PARKIRAY!!! […]
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Day 440: Let’s go Disco in Bulgaria
Istanbul, Turkey – Plovdiv, Bulgaria First impression of Bulgaria: the 80’s making a comeback or it never left. My bus from Turkey to Bulgaria was mostly full of Bulgarians with perm fake blond hairdos, crooked teeth and track suits and pants. My suspicion thickened when a […]
Day 442: Rilski Manastir
Plovdiv – Sofia – Rila, Bulgaria Supposedly there’s a monastery (a UNESCO heritage site) up in a mountain called Rila in south of Bulgaria. And supposedly it’s a pain in the arse to get to. But I was determined to make it there. Upon reading […]