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Yurdana says that 55% of Bulgarians smoke, and maybe that’s true, but the 45% non-smoking population is nowhere to be seen. In cafes, outside on the streets, near churches, well, we’re only surrounded by the smokers. At our last hotel, we happened to be staying there in the company of dozens of soccer teams, and, […]

I was just talking with Ron before I sat down to write this post. And he mentioned to me that the blog posts are not as funny on this trip because I don’t have him to make fun of. It’s true – without Ron complicating my plans with his (wrong) directional input or his foolish […]

We stopped in a little village called Panagyurishte en route to Plovdiv and Odysseys Unlimited had arranged for us to spend a few hours at a little inn – learning how to make the Bulgarian staple cheese pie called a Banitsa. It’s basically like a Greek tiropita – layers of bread and a feta-type cheese. […]

We have turned our touring over to Odysseys Unlimited! They’ve got a big 52-seat bus for the 16 of us and it’s a fantastic treat to just drop my bags onto a bench and look out the window as we drive. For those of you still shaking your heads at my 24-day turnaround time between […]