Sofia,
Bulgaria
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Wow we finally made it our 2nd to last leg of the Eastern European tour. (But as we're calling, "just a taste") Considering we've met a bunch of Australians who are traveling for a year or 2, our tour is very tiny. We got back to our hostel yesterday afternoon, one in which id highly recommend if not only for the fact of how nice they were and let us shower AFTER we checked out and let us nap also!! We then made our way to the train station, past more barking dogs, and caught the 19:53 sleeper train to Sofia. My first sleeper train, didnt know what to expect but reallllly loved it. Its pretty much a bunch of random young travelers sharing cabins and staying up till the wee hours to watch the scenery, wake up and give passports to yelling guards at border control and just thoroughly enjoy how travel used to be. I loveed it! I shared a room with a 25 yr old Aussie nurse who was just starting her 2 years abroad!! wow!! and gus stayed with an Aussie at the end of his 2 years and a Singaporean guy who was in Bucharest for 3 months for his job and wanting to kill himself ( a day in bucharest is PLENTY of time)
We got in at 630 am and just started wandering, looking for any hostel in the city centre bc Gus said its more fun this way! Well considering I had blisters from the day befores excursion, let's just say I was no happy camper. It took over an hour to find a hostel which was full and then a 10 min walk to the next which we are now at. I had all intention of calling my friend Mario who's here but fell asleep for about 2 hours first. Uh so pooped. Just keep dreaming of the beach where Gus lives that I havent even seen yet :)
