Hotel Maria Luisa Sofia

... lit streets, empty shops, and a people who look as though<br>they have stepped out of the nineties. The Art Hostel is a charmingly<br>funky place, and the staff bend over backwards to help us out, but I<br>am so pleased when Louba comes to take us to her apartment. She gives<br>us excessively detailed directions to her place.....as we walk the<br>500 metres with her....&#8221;My place is at this car.......my place is<br>at that lamp.......when you get to coffee shop that my ...

... nervous about the time so leave early and head to the station. Get there with lots of time to spare but I'm not missing it. The football match turns out to be an evening affair and I'm at the station by the time it finishes. The train is fairly big and i have a compartment to myself, also on the train is an aussie and two danes. I have to choose wheather to get off the train and catch the sleeper or travel to Belgrade by day.

... kõike "vajalikku". Meid paelusid kohe suured veini vaadid. Otsustasime seekord priisata ja osta kõige kallimat valget veini 12EEKi liiter. Kerge skeptilisus kvaliteedi osas hajus esimese lonksuga. See oli suurepärane lauavein. Edasi õnnestus osta mingit marineeritud stuffi ja päevanaelaks kujunes purk kuuseriisikaid. Võrratult head, ainult kuidagi ruttu said otsa L Koju jõudsime peale viit ja hakkasime valmistuma õhtuks. Beauty sleep oli selle lahutamatu osa J

... headed to an outdoor bar in the main park and had a few brewskys. The outdoor bars were lovely, but toilet facilities being a port-a-loo are just not the nicest... Plov Div - a day trip Having our overnight train booked for that night we decide to head to Plove Dic. The original plan was to get the train down but as the next one was two hours awaym we jumped on a bus. 2 hours later we were there. 1st stop was the train station where we checkd to times and ...

... before reaching Istanbul and taking in the Turkish Black sea coast. Reaching the Ecotopia gathering near Sinop on the 14th August. Along the route, the Biketour links with local action groups and communities to support their campaigns. In Sof&#305;a and &#304;stanbul local activists have called a day of action on renewable energy sources and alternat&#305;ve forms of ...

... Bulgarian Orthodox monastery seems to be intrinsic for most travelers. Rila Monastery is the largest and the most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is renowned for its grandiose architecture, which boasts a main church that outshines the Greek Patriarchate in Istanbul, magnificent arches that seem to derive their influence from Andalucian Islamic architecture in southern Spain, and a four-story residential ...

... occasionally tried to take part in) the taunts that were constantly being hurled across the stadium to the idiots in red who sat on the other side. Overall it was an exciting game, if not for a little unnerving at times...particularly: - when flags of opposing teams were set on fire - when roman candles and flares were being shot from the stands - when one fan became so excited about a penalty kick that he actually bowled over Tania and I (I have the ...

... females stayed behind to sleep. I don¡¦t know how much later it was before Dad come charging back in. Franticly he informs us that unlike the border coming into Turkey we all have to be there in person to get out passport stamped. We jumped out of the couchette beds and trampled off of the train, ran down the stairs, then back up again only to wait in a line for our passports to get a stamped. These stamps were about to cause us a whole ...

... to see the Monastery there. It is very famous here in Bulgaria and it has frescoes all over it. We booked a day trip through another hostel as we did not want to stay there and we did not want to **** around with the local transport system as the local buses are completely ****ed up !!! The drive there was nice going through the mountains, but I really don't remember much as I slept most of it !!! We arrived and was given two ...

... cheap! It felt like stepping back in time to the early 1900's, the local form of transport being the horse 'n' cart, waking up in the morning to the sound of cow bells, priceless stuff. Went for a 7 and 1/2 hour hike in the National Park which was absolutely fantastic. Went to the local tourist office which seemed to have been closed for the last two hundred years so Nigel and I had to make do with a cruddy map from a local supermarket. We were ...