Bulgaria, VI.2015 Between Taksim and Nebet hills, northeast from Dzhumaya square lays a real pearl of Plovdiv – Kapana district. In Bulgarian its name translates to “The Trap”,...
Traveling through the stars
Bulgaria, VII.2013 A deep unearthly voice sounds in the darkness. It’s Atanas singing Mila Rodino – the Bulgarian anthem. Echo intensifies the thrilling sensation I get while sitting in a...
Got Ledenika after all – Vrachanski Karst
Bulgaria, IV.2015 Travel bug was bugging faster than weather was getting decent enough for mountain hike. And so how it is – groceries waiting in the fridge,...
Bitaka – the largest flea market in Sofia
Bulgaria, III.2015 I used to say that if you’re looking for some weird or unusual stuff in Sofia – go to Jumbo – a big store with everything...
On the brink of spring in Balkan mountains
Bulgaria, II.2015 One thing that still amazes me in Bulgaria, that on Saturday morning (ok, it was 6:30 a.m.) you can jump into a car and in one-two...
Where the sun flows down the stream – Stara Planina
Bulgaria, VIII.2014 Finally, everything in its place – paperwork for leave from work, backpack ready, alongside with map of Macedonia. Plan is short, but intensive – Canyon Matka and...
Beauty of Bulgarian mountains
Rila, view on Shishkovitsa Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is my essay on beauty of Bulgarian mountains, written with photos I made over the...
The trail of Sofia electric boxes
While planning a sightseeing tour through any city, the most obvious choice is to look into touristic guide book. This way we can be certain that most important sights...
The seven hills of Plovdiv
Folklore tastes best when experienced in the least expected places and on the least expected hours. Not in museum exhibitions or ticketed shows, but like right now – on...
Vrachanski Balkan
Bulgaria, XII.2013 Sofia has this one indisputable advantage of being surrounded by the mountains. In whichever direction you would go, you would meet one range or the other. South...