We left Veliko Tarnovo via train and headed to Plovdiv, our next Bulgarian destination. We had a private coach for the duration of our five hour ride. It was by far the most luxurious we had been in. We paid the extra $6 to ride in first class and it was well worth it. WeContinueContinue reading “Bulgaria Part 2: Plovdiv”
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Bulgaria, Part 1: Veliko Tarnovo
Phil and I said goodbye to Bucharest and boarded the seven-hour train to Veliko Tarnovo, our first stop in Bulgaria. We shared a four-person coach with two German travelers (not traveling together) who were both heading to Istanbul. Compared to their eighteen-hour train ride, seven seemed like a breeze. Over the trip, while we didn’tContinueContinue reading “Bulgaria, Part 1: Veliko Tarnovo”
Bucharest: A Diamond in the Rough. Part 2
You can read part 1 of my travels in Bucharest here. The day after Phil and I visited Cismigiu Park, we headed over to the Parliamentary Palace, truly a site to behold. The Palace is one of the largest government buildings in the world, with 1,100 rooms and 3,930,000 sq ft; only the Pentagon isContinueContinue reading “Bucharest: A Diamond in the Rough. Part 2”
Jess Barrington Travels 