Lozenetz Sofia

... so much so that they interupted sorting out the fact that they had double booked us to re-arrange some massive graffiti sprayed boards that had fallen over in their 'chill-out' room having been left there after their recent competition.

We were, in the end, put up in a lovely private appartment with a great woman who was big on hospitality but not so big on hot water - showers would have to ...

... another hostel in Sophia. So there you go, fyi, if you're ever in Sophia, be ready to lend an ear to learn about Bulgarian mountains, minerals, roses, wars, history, empire, language...and this was all covered in an unbroken span of 15 or 20 minutes, while we remained blankly silent, not knowing what to do! Sofia was pretty cool...it felt like a historical city from a parrallel universe. Sebastian really loved the creaky old-school trams (punch your own ticket!). Big communist buildings ...

... saime ja ka laua sebisime, asus peaväljaku kõrval. Pidu täies hoos, lõime tantsu ja vabastasime Kuubat :) Peagi sai seal meil kõrini ja aeg oli liikuda järgmisesse diskoteeki. Esimene katse luhtus, kuna sissepääsuks taheti 300EEKi. Pidasime seda kalliks ja likusime järgmisse.Tuli välja, et seal oli mingi kinnine pidu, aga Kõku nihverdas meid kuidagi sisse. Seal oli püsti väga hea snacki laud. Ka endale sebisime mingi ...

... lined up. Bill got stamped in and then the guy started going nuts to someone on the phone. I just stood there and smiled stupidly the whole time. Eventually he came around opened my passport and stamped it. Back on the train and then to sleep. After what seemed like an eternity (I slept) there was another rap on the door. This time they got on the train. There were torches in faces and some yawning and trying to look some like your photo and then off to ...

... lot of effort... I didn't really have time to see a lot of the city and it's surroundings (I really would like to visit mountain Vitosha!!!). I seem to be caught up in city live: working daily in an office, having meetings and getting stuck in traffic... I miss nature here: fresh air, sea, mountains... In the meantime I also got some housemates! By coincedence they are all ...

DAY 5 6/18 Belgrade-Nis (Serbia) -Sofia-Plovdiv (Bulgaria)- Erdine (Turkey) You know you're in Turkey when.... you can see 7 mosques from the breakfast table. We crossed the final boarder between Bulgaria and Turkey without too much hassle. Dan had to buy some extra insurance and again we were unclear if it was a scam or legit but for 20 Euros we were not about to argue. As we crossed into Turkey, we were greeted by the welcome committee: a dense cloud of mosquitoes. Despite ...

... staff were nice enough to set us up for the next bus to Sofia an hour later. I ought to have been more grateful but I was still steaming about fraudulent Serbian ATMs and the driver who drove off. The next bus was a fifteen seater and the driver had a led foot. We were pulled over by laser radar twenty kilometers before reaching the Bulgarian border, but the fuzz didn't give our driver a ticket. We were a small bus so the border crossing took no more than ...

... Just a quiet night. At 7am in the morning, Wasko was knocking on the door "Thomas, Thomas!" "ugh" was my response as I rolled over in bed. Five minutes later he was knocking again - "Thomas, Thomas! Cafe?" "No, thank you." I figured there was no point laying in bed longer so got up and got ready. Stephanie was just a little behind me. Quick breakfast as I saw that the bus would be coming soon. I rushed Steph in her breakfast and we grabbed our stuff to get out. Wasko ...

Sofia is okay...mostly we just chilled out and soaked in the Bulgarian lifestyle. We cruised the city and went hiking of Mt. Vitosha and its was all cool, but there wasn't anything overly special about the place. Will - the pickiest eater you have ever seen, BY FAR! He likes potatoes and he likes french fries, but he won't eat potatoes that have been sliced?? Actually, it's great for myself and Kenny as we always get free food and ...

... Ethan, Yanna, & Svetlio drank and danced until we watched the beautiful sunrise. At some point, Sveltio dissapeared. Ethan & Yanna went back to the car to find Svetlio but were too tired, and presumabely drunk. So instead they woke up adam while they passed out. Adam found Svetlio passed out on the beach with a skrewdriver in hand and the rest of us came to join him. Some of us slept on the beach, while others started swimming at 7:00AM as strangers started to appear to ...