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Mon
21
Jun '10

Things We Learned and Liked-Bulgaria

Things we learned: Currency: Leva (1.5 Leva=$1 USD) Places Visited: Sofia, Belogradchik, Plovdiv, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo Crime rate in this country is pretty low. Bulgarians nod for no and shake their heads for yes.  It may help to remember that da means yes. You will know when people in this country speak English because they [...]

Fri
18
Jun '10

Белоградчик, България

I was looking out the window of another train, watching the green farm fields of northwest Bulgaria pass us by.  Suddenly, a donkey cart could be seen trotting down a nearby road, with an elderly owner patiently riding the cart to wherever he was going, reminding me that we were not chugging across the plains [...]