Belle Ville Plovdiv
24-26 PR Slaveykov Plovdiv, Plovdiv, 4000, Bulgaria
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Beautiful Bulgaria
... drinking beer and smoking at 8am (well we thought it was 8am but it WAS 9am!) and everyone was staring at us....slightly intimidating! We had to catch another train to get to Plovdiv, it was a bit confusing to figure out where to go. They use the Cyrillic alphabet here (also in Serbia but usually the latin names were written as well) so we couldn't pronounce anything, they use the number 3 in the alphabet! ...
Pretty Average....
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We stopped for coffee in the main square (which Tom and I paid for!!!) and after some chill out time we headed for the old part of the town. The Stari Grad (old town) was charming, lots of little Austro – Hungarian houses in cute pastel colours. We then stopped off for some food of which we had all kinds ...
Oldest town in Europe and comparisons
... from Teo's (gulp!).
Sleeping in a drawer at Viscri.
The picturesque Peles Castle which I personally rate over Bran castle, despite it being closed.
Bulgaria
Veliko Tarnovo - the strange painting in the fortress and the change of pace, food and standards.
Gorno Draglishte - a local homestay with a difference.
Bansko - relaxing and a visit to the dancing bear sancturay.... moving and memorable!
Next stop Istanbul....
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Roman Ruins and Fabulous Food
... of summer and we came across a children's dance concert. Thinking it was unusually busy we asked why and was told it was "children's day". It made it a little more interesting to be part of a special day. Plovdiv streets are quite steep and there is evidence everywhere of excavations of Roman Ruins. Climbing to the top of a quite steep street we suddenly got a glimpse of an amazing ...
Plovdiv
... other German. There were both laden down with way too much stuff. When I checked in the dorm, half the floor was covered with **** they were trying to get into their paniers.
Tonight I just met an Italian guy named Mirko who traveled all night and was getting some sleep in the afternoon. When he woke up, we chatted a bit. He's a music promoter in Pisa. He's got the Mr. Clean look going on, with a braided goatee. He kind of ...



