Hotel Kris Plovdiv
Vastanik Street 10 Plovdiv, Plovdiv, 4800, 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....
Tony and Alan arrived at the hostel at 11 am where Tom and I were waiting. We loaded up the car and made our way to Plovdiv – a 2 hour ride away. Upon our arrival we popped into the bus station to enquire about a bus to Istanbul that we wanted to take the next day. We bought tickets there and then and then made our way into ...
Old Bulgaria
Plovdiv, Bulgaria - The bus from Sofia to Plovdiv only took 2.5 hours. A long walk from the bus station and I found another Hostel Mostel. At the hostel I chatted to a lad on reception, asking him about onward travel to Varna. He gave me a suitable train time the following day and then I asked about the Bulgaria v England game. He didn't care. He said watching his country was no longer worth it. 'Not ...
Da, Da, Da ...
... over today. There was quite the dialogue going on between the two mothers and it was funny to witness, as one was asking many questions of the region, and the other kept responding with "Da, da, da!". It put a smirk on my face, as it reminded me of that classic Volkswagen commercial ... I've been in Bulgaria for five days and loved every moment of it so far, but it wasn't until today that I feel like I finally experienced the real Bulgaria! ...
Plovdiv to Istanbul, the quiet way in.
... capped mountains all around which we had come from yesterday and will be heading back into tomorrow. It has been really good to stroll around in some sunshine after some pretty rough weather recently. Back on the bike tomorrow, more sunshine please.
Had a delicious meal at Vinopolis Wine restaurant this night - lovely. Had too much wine though and a bit of a headache the next morning.
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