Travelogues Bulgaria

Tag #41 Wednesday, June 10th. From Rudnik to Kraimorie Country: Bulgaria The proximity to the main road is clearly audible, as I occasionally wake up from the sound of a truck.

Day #42 Thursday, 11th of June. From Kraimorie to somewhere near Gramatikowo Country: Bulgaria [Note from the editor: First, there was no internet in the Bulgarian mountains and...

Day #40 Tuesday, June 9th From Kawarna to Рудник (... all clear ... Rudnik. Thankfully, place names are listed twice) Country: Bulgaria This morning I

First impressions matter, of course. However, when it comes to cities, one should actually forget this rule. Train stations, especially bus stations, are usually quite ugly. No...

Day #43 Friday, June 12th. From somewhere near Gramatikovo to Beypinar. Country: Bulgaria / Türkiye. The night was relaxed and apart from the fact that I once had a

Ancient sites, ancient villages, wine-growing regions – the southwest of Bulgaria is still unknown. From October 22 to 25, I was in the area that is called “Bulgarian Tuscany”.

In Petrich, in the southwest of Bulgaria, a seeress revered throughout Eastern Europe, Baba Wanga, worked until 1996. To this day, people pilgrimage to her places of influence.

Monday 24.04. Somehow we have to continue, much as we'd like to stay and spend a few more days here with the dogs and Tugce. It's time to say goodbye, for now, to our hairy...

For today, I had two interesting tours planned. For breakfast, I bought two pieces of Banitsa from the same baker as yesterday and stood in front of the Justice Palace at 11:00...

Good morning from Camp Dunav! With a view of the Danube, we also caught a glimpse of daylight. The sun was shining, and the sanitary facilities were calling for us. Since we...

But now we are really going to the capital of Bulgaria: Sofia. We spent quite a while researching how to plan our stay in Sofia. We definitely want to climb Mt. Vitosha, but...

After strengthening ourselves with Covrig filled with chocolate or raisins, we board the train towards Ruse on the Bulgarian border. The connection seems to be not as easy as...

Because I had not been getting enough sleep in the previous days, I slept in today. Due to the time difference, it was quickly 10:00 AM. I walked to the bakery and bought myself...

At the end of June, I went on a 5-day trip to Bulgaria, specifically to Sofia and Plovdiv. In Sofia, I stayed in an old house on the outskirts of the main street and my host...

After the beautiful days at the Black Sea, we head back inland to Bulgaria. Based on recommendations from a good friend of Veronika's and a few Swiss people, we don't go...

Friday, 24.8.2018 Route: Danube Cycle Path (Vidin - Cherven) distance covered: 28 km Highlight of the day: everything went smoothly with the train, many offers of help, the...

October 1, 2019Day 31, from the source near Kladenets to the mountain hotel near Tankovo. It was quite cool and, above all, wet overnight! We had to pack up all the camping...

September 30, 2019Day 30, from Orlovo to a spring near Kiladenets. In the morning, we had breakfast at our accommodation, then we went back on the dirt roads. After a short...

On Sunday, April 28, 2019, I start with breakfast at the hotel at the Turkish-Bulgarian border. Then I make my way back to Swilengrad with the Dicken. Unlike on the way there, I...

Even as a child, I felt this affinity for the Danube. This river exerted an indescribably strong attraction on me, and I was fascinated as I watched the whirlpool of the Danube,...

Train travel in Bulgaria can be quite exhausting. Most trains are old, dirty and run-down, and even the few newer trains used in the local transport of Sofia are not in good...

October 2, 2019 Day 32, from the mountain hotel to Efrem. We hiked for hours on forest trails through oak forests. Once again, we got lost on this day! So we had to go back to...

September 23, 2019Day 24, from Goze Deltschew to Dospat. Today we drove 50 km by taxi at 8:15 am, as there was only one main road leading to our starting point. When we arrived...

This morning I left very early, got up at 05:00 local time and was ready to leave at 07:00. It was going to be another very hot day, that's why I left so early. I decided to...

Life slowly returns to the Kapikule train station building around half past two in the morning (01/22/2019). A first conversation with a railway worker gives hope for continuing...

On our way along the Black Sea coast to the south, we finally reached Bulgaria on Friday evening, which greeted us with an anecdote: In Bulgaria, there is a toll obligation,...

While most of the choir could sleep in and have breakfast with their host family, about ten of us had a double chemistry lesson with Mr. Hepfer at 07:30. We revisited the law of...

This morning started with rain, which was very unusual for me. I made myself a coffee in the kitchen and Bojan stood in front of me and gave me a piece of breakfast. Such a...

Now we slowly began our journey back home. We started early in the morning at 7 o'clock, so we were ahead of schedule and only needed 2 hours at the border to Bulgaria. Here we...

Hello! Unfortunately, nothing came of the Ummaschinakln in the Danube Delta, because four other passengers, like the plague rats, abandoned the sinking ship and the unworthy...