Maxi Park Hotel & Spa Sofia

... work we didn't get it set up to work abroad...oops. go outside to find the father...he's not there. ask where to get change and get pointed to a small exchange office. decided that we'd just get a drink at the cafe and get changethat way, picked up a can of coke and went to pay for it....5 LEV. gave a 10 and got a 5LEV note back. but we need change please....go to the bank we don't give change ...

<br> After Goreme we took an overnight bus (11 hours) back to Istanbul for the day and that night took another overnight bus (9 hours). I was completely EXHAUSTED!!! I will never ever do anything like that again. We did a 24 hour bus ride in Chile but we had fold out beds and I slept the whole time. On the second bus ride Brian and I got in some trouble when the bus was waiting for us. We had a little Turkish money left over that we couldn't convert and we were spending a little too ...

In the next few posts I am going to try to relate some of the experiences that Hannah and I had on our adventure to Bulgaria. The first post will mostly be about our journey to Sofia and arriving at our apartment. The second will be about our adventures in Sofia and our train ride to Plovdiv, and the final post will be about Plovdiv and our return journey home. Enjoy. Hannah and I went with 3 of our friends to the train station on Friday. This is no simple task when you ...

... is housed in an old Mosque, no longer in use. My ears pricked up at that! !! From there we walked back along the road to the National Art Gallery where we went inside but only as far as the souvenir shop. This was an excellent shop with good quality artefacts on sale. From here we stopped outside the church of St Nikolai, an Orthodox church built in russian style. this was was relatively recent, from the 1920s. However, our next visit was great. This was at the church of St Sofia ...

... with him. We were really tired, but this trip has taught us one thing - people shouldn`t be refused. Despite the fact that Jaser didn`t speak any other language than Turkish, we really got along with each other. We`d been eating, drinking and talking till almost 2 am, when we went to bed and slept like babies. In the morning each of us took a shower at the gas station, 20 km later on we ate a breakfast - a soup at a bar, and right before Belgrade ...

... and we could see the old town without the mess of stuff and people. We stayed in a great place, hotel Tony, with a great view and good breakfast. We spent a day over at sunny beach, which is so built up, rows and rows of umbrellas in the sand. So we paid our chair fee and just relaxed with our books. Did I mention that a majority of the women look like *****s here? I mean, when they get dressed for the day it looks like they are going to some cocktail bar at ...

... is your name," (though I couldn't pronounce his name when he answered), and "how much does it cost to stay in the Bulgarian Hotel." I said hello and thank you also, which after all the vocab I've crammed into my head the last few weeks, was about all that would come to me. Then pronouncing the words I did remember to a native speaker for the first time made me trip on my words in intimidation. So the language barrier was evident. But as soon as I ...

... of the 2 weeks in Eastern Europe had been rubbish weather. I spent the day climbing a mountain that over looked the city before taking another over night train to Istanbul. Also, after a bit of encouragement I got up and did a haka for some of the English boys I was with. I left Bulgaria happy that I had returned and wishing I could spend more time there. I write this now from the airport in Dubai. It is a free internet and the airport itself is something else to Behold. I have a ...

"I have nothing to declare but my genius", Oscar Wilde It's nine am. We slept well on the train last night considering there were 8 separate passport checks and 6 ticket checks. Each time the custom guys look at out Russian and Chinese visas they stare for ages and look at us funny, as if trying to decide whether it's worth picking a fight over. We're on the train now from Belgrade to Sofia. We didn't want to get any Serbian money as we're just passing through ...

... Geschichte, die er mir erzaehlte. Der naechste Fahrer fragte mich erstmal nach Geld, und ich sagte, ich habe keins. Trotzdem nahmen mich die beiden mit - ich hatte schon das Nummernschild notiert, als ich einstieg, schlechtes Gefuehl. Die beiden bogen in eine Seitenstrasse, und gaben mir Geld, um mal 2 Kaffee zu holen. Nach 10 Minuten verneinen, Streit, Betteln um mein Gepaeck, mit ausfuehrlicher Erklaerung, dass die beiden mit den Sachen aus meinem Rucksack im ...