Vitosha Hostel Sofia
23 Solunska Street, floor 3, app 6 Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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Day 4 - Ottoman Trek
We arrived late afternoon in Sofia and checked in to our hotel......... hmmm where to begin explaining our hotel.
First we arrive at our '4 star' lodgings, where we were greeted by Mazzerati's, AMG Mercedes 4WD's and Hummers! Great we thought - Bulgarian Mafia. We enter our hotel, and what else do we have in our foyer, but our very own Casino - ahh now the cars make sense. At check in we are advised that on ...
Old churches in Sofia & Overnight Train - Istanbul
... station around 6:30pm to find out that our train was 2 hours delayed. It was coming from Austria and Belgrade and at some point along the way it got stuck somewhere apparently, as those carts actually never made it! (Our very short sleeper car left after 3 hours and still no sight of the train from Belgrade!) Dennis was a bit concerned about what the condition of the sleeper car would be, but I reminded him that it could only be a step up from the trains we ...
The Ace of Spades
... Judas Priest, Motorhead, and Iron Maiden songs. Sitting in the park with the head banging teens, gypsies, and confused older generation was one of the more memorable events of my trip.
I met a guy from California who was in Bulgaria for two years with the Peace Corp starting a youth center. It's basically sink or swim as he was thrown into a mountain village near the border of Greece and having to learn a new language written in a different ...
Our First Day 'out'
... equivalence of about $2.80 CDN, for BOTH beer:). I tell you - this city/country may very well be the next 'hot' tourist destination...they haven't figured out that we visitors would easily pay double for anything commercial...
So, Doc and I have decided to retire here immediately.
The skies are blue and the heat wonderfully intense - mostly because Doc realized he spent many hours in the heat ...
Off to Plovdiv
... ostriches or emus - I'm not sure which - in addition to all that I described above. I was feeling quite high from the whole experience, until I walked into "my" apartment . . .
The first thing I noticed was that the refrigerator door and several drawers in the kitchen were open. I went then into the bedroom where I found my bed covered with things that had been pulled out of drawers and closets. As I took inventory, I found ...



