Travelogues Bulgaria

Monday, March 15th: Today the journey continues to Edirne, the former capital of the Ottoman Empire. I take the bus for 75 TL (about €8.00). No accommodation can be found on...

Crossing the border from Negotin, Serbia to Vidin, Bulgaria.

September 26, 2019Day 27, from the shelter to the village of Mugla and then to Plovdiv (European Capital of Culture 2019) In the morning, we had a small breakfast and then we...

September 24, 2019Day 25, from Dospat to Yagodina In the morning, we took a taxi for the first 10 kilometers to the coffee house in the village of Zmeitsa. From there, we...

September 22, 2019Day 23, from Yavornista to Petric and then to Goze Deltschew. Today we started at 8:30. We walked along the asphalt road through 4 villages for about 7.5 km,...

This morning Sue prepared me a great breakfast and even asked me to prepare something for the journey. At 8:30 a.m. I was on my bike and set off. The way out of Stanevo was a...

Continuing by bike from Ruse to Tutrakan.

From Cherven, we continue to Ruse by bike.

But what was presented to me as the 'real' old town of Plovdiv had blown me away, amazed and astonished me so much that I was speechless at these 32 degrees Celsius.

29 September 2019Day 29, from the Aida shelter to the village of Orlovo. In the morning, we wanted to leave at 7:30am, but it took us about half an hour to find the path that...

September 25, 2019Day 26, from Yagodina via Trigrad to a Bulgarian shelter. In Yagodina, we first walked in the wrong direction for 10 minutes, then up through pastureland into...

On the night of Friday, May 3, 2019, we can finally board the train to the Black Sea coast at around one thirty. The wagon is quite cold, so I have to use Rango's blanket, just...

Thursday, April 18, 2019, we're back on tour. After saying goodbye to my grandparents in the early afternoon, we head to Thum, Annaberg, Bärenstein, Weipert, and Klösterle, and...

The Pirin Mountains were planned to be our highlight in the Bulgarian interior. And indeed, it was.

At 07:00, it was time to say goodbye to family and friends. In high spirits, our group of 71 singers, Mr. Kammel, Mrs. Lohse, and Mrs. Demirhan made their way to Baden Airpark...

In the morning, there was a delicious, balanced breakfast at the hostel, so I was strengthened to walk to the train station. There, I purchased a seat reservation and boarded...

This morning we had breakfast at 6:30 a.m., I wanted to start a little earlier. Yesterday it was already very warm at lunchtime. Nadia made a great breakfast with sandwiches,...

We had another night in Sofia, so we had the whole day today and we preferred to spend it in nature rather than in the city. The largest national park in Bulgaria is the Rila...

Sofia - the patron saint of the city

It looks like a decent rain front has reached Bulgaria, finally bringing relief and relaxation for the heat-stricken people here, and slowly the Gaijin thinks he is becoming a...

Quite a lot going on here, at the border with Turkey, because there is a police car every few meters, or a border officer cruising in a car. But they are not really interested...

Today was a pretty relaxed day, although the stage took over 330 km. And with the road conditions here, that's a lot. I accidentally hit two big potholes. The tires and rims are...

Coffee break in Sofia

Four and a half exciting and interesting hours for us immortal railway enthusiasts.

We want to start this round trip in the capital Sofia, which can easily be reached from Vienna in just one and a half hours by plane.

A city trip in Europe? Sofia is probably not often mentioned in the top ten desired destinations. In my - up until then completely unqualified - imagination, Sofia was a grey,...

October 3rd, 2019Day 33, from Efrim to Svilengrad. In the morning, the owner of the house drove us back to the mountain for 5 Bulgarian Lev after breakfast, where we could...

Next, we reached the first major city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast: Varna - the European Youth Capital 2017. Why it was chosen for this title, we don't know. Maybe it...

Last week we continued south along the coast of the Black Sea. In Mamaia we met Annemarie and Hans again and spent two relaxing days. After that, we continued to Vama Veche, an...

The search for a restaurant for dinner became more challenging than expected in Sofia. The desire for traditional Bulgarian cuisine was complicated by the presence of Italian...