Holiday Village Diplomat Sofia

... allerdings nie ein Reich gebildet und sich statt dessen untereinander bekriegt. Als die Slawen kamen, hatten diese ein leichtes Spiel und die Thraker sind heute ausgestorben.

In Boyana steht ausserdem eine kleine Kirche, die aufgrund ihrer Wandmalereien UNESCO Weltkulturerbe ist, sehr gut erhalten. Die fuenf Jahrhunderte in denen die Ottomanen auf dem Balkan herrschten waren ...

... hours) when we realised the border crossing was a ferry across the Danube. We were told it would leave in an hour and so we went through all the passport checks and fee payment, got in line, and then realised they were waiting for the ferry to be full before they left ... so frustrating. Anyway we finally crossed the border, went through the passport check, tollway fee and ...

... too much when you're paying budget prices!). PHOTO_ID_R=dodgy-wiring.jpg] After settling in we consulted the faithful Lonely Planet and set out to find out a little more about this city. Turns out that 1) we were much closer to the centre of town than we thought which was a bonus and 2), that Bulgarians do not clear snow from their sidewalks on weekends or public holidays- which made it ...

... decided that today was our anniversary instead! We spent the next few days relaxing on our own at the hotel making full use of the room service, service and the spa facilities but then the bubble burst - we had to attend meetings, go to functions and smooze! Finally the day of the festival arrived (our time spent in Bulgaria was starting to feel like pulling teeth). We put on our glad rags and off we went to the festival only to ...

... gardens (albeit, covered in snow) and streets with monuments, shops and restaurants. It's a beautiful little city, really a pleasant surprise, and one definitely worth visiting. Strangely enough, pizza is a thing here, excellent, yummy, giant slices of quality pizza with cool toppings you can just take away and they are cheeeeeeeeeeep. This afternoon, we are going to a Bulgarian restaurant to eat dinner before jumping on our Turkish train. We're not ...

... 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 ...