Ruse

A warts and all account of a '30 somethings' trip around China. And p.s. I have pretended to use chopsticks for 20 odd years and no-one has noticed....I think the ruse is now officially over....

... indreptat spre Ruse. Dumul cam la fel, doar ceva masini in plus. Aproape la jumatatea drumului dintre Silistra si Ruse existe unul din Siturile Patrimoniului Mondial din Bulgaria si anume Srebrena. Situl este foarte bine semnalizat pe soseaua principala, ...

... it was for some kind of anniversary they had. The whole city seemed to be there to party, was nice. Now I am sitting in Ruse, a smaller city close to Maribor (still a bit bigger than Schleusingen, the city where I come from ;-), got its status as a ...

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... with the residents and of course, hand out some Christmas presents. It is good to hear that our young people in the Ruse house have positive situations at the moment. Krassi is training to be a security gaurd (including firearms training which will allow ...

... Revolutioary Committee's leader Vasil Levski, and, rather than be captured during his attempt to escape to Romania, committed suicide here in Ruse. The sun was now setting but the feet were in wandering mode and I reckoned the river couldn't be far away ...

... us. As we were taken back through the dirty street of the border town in Romania, we were silent as the Bulgarian town of Ruse beckoned us. They literally unloaded us for the van at the border and sped off. The Bulgarians looked really pissed off as they ...

Finiamo a Ruse quasi per caso, quei posti che vedi sulla mappa e ti ci si impianta il dito. È in un angolo alto del paese, dove il Danubio segna il confine con la Romania, vecchia conoscenza nostra. Ci capitiamo attirati dalle passeggiate promesse in ...

... absolut richtigen Mix und die Leute sind sehr freundlich! Daher von Null direkt auf Platz zwei!! Etwas wehmütig fahren wir von Ruse über die riesige Freundschaftsbrücke aus Stahl (die Grösste in Europa), die über die riesige Donau nach Rumänien ...

... ) with a chatty Romanian.  We soon worked out that the next train or bus service to Varna was at 4:00pm (it was midday in Ruse).  We had many drivers accosting us with offers to drive us anywhere we wanted.  Andy made a deal with on guy for ...

Ruse and the rock monastery in Basarbovo village, 10 km outside of ...

... , but just leaving Svishtov I passed a massive Roman site at Nove. Needless to say had the place to myself. Arriving at Ruse I checked into a super place called the English Guest House. Strongly recommended if you can get a room (only has 6). Run by a ...

... the infamous Mogilino Orphanage featured in the BBC's 'Bulgaria's Abandoned Children' expose. Young people from our House of Opportunity in Ruse joined us for this. Over supper someone asked Krassi, 21, if he wanted to talk about giving out boxes at the ...

Rest Day Best bit: Bike running well Worst bit: A strange cheese thing that I attempted to eat for breakfast having watched the locals eat it Collected bike today. It has had a full service, new rear hub, headset and the chain is as new. All for ...