Holiday Inn Sofia

... dreimal so teuer als in meinem LP von 2008. In Boyana steht der ehemalige Praesidentenpalast, welcher heute das Nationalmuseum beherbergt. Besonders gross ist es nicht, hat aber einige thrakische Schaetze. Die Thraker lebten zur Zeit der Griechen in Bulgarien, die Griechen haben Thrakien nie erorbert, da es zuviele von diesen gab (4 Thraker kamen auf einen Griechen). Die Thraker ...

7th June<br>Craiova (Romania) to Sofia (Bulgaria)<br>Sunny 29 degrees<br><br>We had a sleepless night firstly due to the wedding in the hotel restaurant and then the after party which went on until about 4am and sounded like really bad, really loud, Romanian Karaoke. We left the hotel , after breakfast, at about 8.30 prepared for a reasonably long drive. This was lengthened somewhat (by ...

... where we thought our accommodation was supposed to be - we had rented a private apartment - but couldn't find any sign that we recognized. After phoning the owner he sent his brother around to sort us out and 5 flights of stairs, broken lights and lots of dodgy wiring later we arrived at our apartment. Thankfully inside was great very clean, big and warm so we were all happy (can't ...

... and stormed off to see the manager dragging Ned along with me for back up! It was obvious she was expecting us... she promised to have a lovely room made up for us within the hour and the first night was free, "I should bloody well hope so" I snarled at her. Our 4th room was wonderful, it was big and bright with a balcony over looking the mountain, the heating worked and it was clean. I quickly headed to the spa to unwind and ...

... place we've stayed. Breakfast is included and also spaghetti and beer at night! Fabulous! And the staff are funny, and helpful. The people of Sofia are relaxed, and the city is a surprising mix of ancient meets old meets modern. Easily walked, we ambled around the sunny, snow-covered city, seeing everything from ancient Roman baths situated over hot springs in the middle of the city, to the beautiful and cavernous Aleksander Nevski Church, to the many city ...

... ceremony was currently taking place live on CNN International. Rich and I waited for Bush's motorcade at several prime locations, but to no avail. We waited with small, scattered groups of people in otherwise vacant streets. Except for the red taped perimeter, the city was easy to navigate with no people around. I guess when the police are out in force in an ex-communist, ex-secret police controlled state, it's probably a good ...

If you're a non smoker, before arriving to Sofia, then you definitely become one, once you're there. this is the 2nd Bucarest with the only difference that people are much more nervous. We needed like an hour to get from the parking place to our travel agency, which is by foot apart for about 10-15 minutes. Sofia is like a literal suicide. After 10 minutes of our arrival, we already wanted to leave. A ...

... same time which the waiter took to mean "no" (since nodding means no here). Wacky. Went for a stroll to walk off some of the dinner and saw lots of fireflies along the road (some glowing red, some green). That was cool. Watched some Grosse Point Blank back in the bungalow then bedtime. Up early for walk to monastery and bus. That took us about halfway to Sofia where we had to switch to another bus. When we arrived into Sofia I took a look out the window and thought I ...

Kedze sa u nas cez vikend ochladilo, jedinym logickym tahom mi pripadalo zdekovat sa na juh. A co tak pre zmenu do Sofie, kde som este nikdy nebol. A spociatku to aj vychadzalo, lebo hned po prilete tu bolo prijemne teple pocasie, ale k veceru ma uz studeny vzdych zo stredu Europy dobehol a v noci sa aj rozprsalo. :-( No ale este pred tym som sa stihol trochu sa potulat po ...

... built by Bulgaria's legendary minister of culture and it was these huge pillars with bells around which there was a spiraling park which had bells from many different countries in the world, each designed and sent from that country. Afterwards we went back to the city. Walked passed the national theater building, the square where the mausoleum of what Ina calls "our equivalent of Lenin" and stopped at the book market. Then we walked to the Aleksander Nevski square ...