Bulgaria
What an amazing place Bulgaria is. We crossed over the border from Greece in June 2017 and didn’t really know what to expect. It didn’t disappoint. We spent a month travelling from south to North taking in the mountains, gorges, rivers, villages and monasteries and we were enthralled. Hope you enjoy reading all about our experience of Bulgaria and check out our gallery page for some corking pics
Balkan Road-trip 2017
As we look back at 2017 and our highlights - Eastern Europe is going to always stand out to us. Whilst we love Western Europe, our curious souls sought more cultural education and east was where our hearts took us. Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and all too briefly,...
Reflections on Bulgaria
As we prepare to hop over the border to Romania, our minds naturally glide over our month in Bulgaria’s beautiful realm. What will we member most about this eastern beauty? For me, Bulgaria will represent a country of the inner journey...
Dave does Shipka Pass, Bulgaria
High up in the mountains above Shipka on the Shipka pass in Bulgaria stands a dilapidated relic of communist Russia's dominance. Used in its hey day as a socialist assembly centre it is now a sorry sate of it's former glory. https://youtu.be/m4ma3t2yofo
Bulgaria’s Beauty Continues
Trekking north from our southern Bulgarian initiation, left us a little sad, only because of the innocence and raw beauty of this undiscovered piece of heaven. And as we said goodbye to the pine forests, we came into flatter land; well relatively speaking. There...
Heart-Bursting Bulgaria
After the relative safety of our travels through western Europe last year, where we cut our teeth and built our confidence, it seemed the right time to venture further afield. And ‘Greece was the word… that we were hearing.’ What a great leg our Greek Odyssey was,...
Eagle’s Eye, St Ilia Peak, Yagodina, Bulgaria
Nice people the Bulgarians. Lovely in fact but they're not right in the head. I'm so glad I'm still alive... No really.. I AM... https://youtu.be/og2LkNpvEV4