Our bus ride from Plovdiv to Istanbul reinforced my new mantra, “just go with the flow”. With her very limited English, the ticket agent at the bus station in Plovdiv let us know the bus was running about 45 minutes late and kindly let us leave our luggage in her office while we waited. She…
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Originally we planned to spend a week in Plovdiv before heading to the coastal town of Burgas where we understood there are some very good wrecks for diving. After speaking with several people on a few tours in Sofia (all of whom did not make Burgas sound very appealing) we decided instead to extend our…
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I’m so glad Howard has no reservations about driving in foreign countries, especially when they drive on the right side of the road, as it often affords us the opportunity to get off the beaten path. On our day trip from Plovdiv we drove a couple of hours north to the Buzludzha Monument (also known…
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We were sadly mistaken in our assumption that Bulgaria was going to be tolerant heat-wise. The country is in the midst of a heatwave and we’ve been enjoying 36+°C temperatures, which is 10-12°C warmer than normal for July. Plovdiv, where we head next, is expected to be in the 40’s – thankfully our Airbnbs have…
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