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Royal Victoria Sofia

110 A, Simeonovsko shosse Sofia, 1434, Bulgaria

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The responses change but the problems remain...

A travel blog entry by trusselltrust

... children, like Pavel who was discovered in the street wrapped in an old jacket or Valya, left at a nearby hospital. These abandoned babies are put up for adoption- something that is still relatively rare in Bulgaria. The second part of their work is to work with poor young mums to ensure that children are not abandoned in the first place. They do this through parent classes and individual support for ...

Porkchops

A travel blog entry by orianapacker

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I found myself about to answer the hypothetical question I'd wrestled with for years: the What's More Important? question. Is it worse to eat pork when you've vowed not to, or to risk offending your hosts by refusing the meal they prepared for you? I served myself some salad and tried to look busy eating it as I weighed the situation.

Militza's father looked concerned, "Don't you like porkchops?" I murmured a noncommittal answer that wavered between "no, no, ...

What's Bulgarian for Cheshire Oaks?

A travel blog entry by shiiuga

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... The only complaint I had is how chuffing cold it was in the room the first couple of nights, but apparently the heaters were not working properly and it has been fixed now.

Bulgaria is, as I expected, very different from anywhere else I have been. The culture is very different, and much more reserved, due to only having been independent from Soviet influence for 20 years. The architecture isn't as drab as I was expecting from a former ...

BULGARIA

A travel blog entry by vinkor

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... go north and reach along the coast Balchick, a delicious simple town with no beach but a pleasant atmoshpere. Infact the romanian queen Maria have made her regal residence here in a simple little castle, turkish style with a muhezzin tower as she (but this is gossip, you know) had a turkish lover and used to sit on a rocky stone waiting for his visits. She was similar to the austrian Sissi, insofferent of the royal and formal life and preferred to live in this relaxant place in ...

A music video to close the journey...

A travel blog entry by markdoch

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The life beyond the fingertips is finally returning

But sheer determination to know he had to try

And what I’ve seen before and after makes me cry

Hard not to hang on every word, moments into miracles

Now anything seems possible

Every day anticipation, witness to the transformation

Now nothing is impossible

And half a world away, there’s been ...