When we first arrived in Bulgaria, I began to notice coffee vending machines. I didn’t think too much of it initially as we have seen similar machines occasionally during our travels, typically in a train or bus station. As we traveled around, however, I began to see more and more coffee vending machines; sometimes rightContinue reading “Bulgaria’s Love of Coffee Vending Machines. Who knew?”
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Bulgaria Part 3: Sofia
Our train from Plovdiv to Sofia was delayed by an hour for reasons I am still unsure of. Phil and I sat on the hot train and waited and waited. We didn’t know what the hold up was. The steady stream of announcements, in Bulgarian, on the train station’s loud speaker were, of course, uselessContinue reading “Bulgaria Part 3: Sofia”
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’tContinue reading “Bulgaria, Part 1: Veliko Tarnovo”
Jess Barrington: American in Spain 