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Chapter 48: Entering Eastern Europe
I arrived in Istanbul at 8:30 Wednesday morning after a restful 12 hour busride from Goreme. Yay for sleeping pills! Unfortunately it was pouring in Europe's largest city (well, I'm told it's Europe's largest city), so the metro/tram/foot journey to Sultanahmet was pretty miserable. Of course the rain stopped as soon as I reached my destination. I …
MULTIPLYING THE BORDERS, CURRIENCIES AND... FISHES
Pictures for "Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul)" by Hardie Karges, more info available at www.hypertravel.biz
Woke up in the 80s
Waking up in Bulgaria after a night bus from Istanbul, it was like we had been magically transported back in time to the late 80s or early 90s. Cheesy old school dance music was playing in the bus station, and the hairstyles and clothing of most people we initially saw consisted of a lot of bangs and jean jackets. We hung out in the bus station …
Time for some new scenery
Alright after 10 days vegging out in Corfu, plus a voyage from hell, we've made it to the capital of Bulgaria... And guess what what we've found consists of many many churches...and really that's about it... some nice parks as well... 2 nights was more than adequate and I got in trouble from our hostel lady for having the heater on in our room... …
City of Wisdom & Culture
... the end of WWII and through its 1990 departure, Bulgaria was part of the Soviet Union's Eastern Bloc. There were signs of the former Soviet influence throughout my Sofia experience. One of my favorite Sofia sites was the "Monument to the Soviet Army" expressing gratitude to Mother Russia for rescuing Bulgaria from the Nazi fascist regimes. The monument was a statue of three people on the top of a pillar 15 yards tall above a pillar of several reliefs of other ...