I've been there twice in the last 3 years - mostly in Sofia, but some time out in the country (including a few hours personal guided tour in Plovdiv.) I'll draw some material together and send it off list over the next few weeks. I chose not to go to the Black Sea coast, partly because of the time/expense involved via train (and the train goes to the heavily populated resort portion, it seemed it was going to be complicated to get to the more natural portions). I wouldn't drive there. (As a possible point of comparison, I felt very comfortable driving in northern Italy, have done ok without too much stress in Washington DC, various parts of England including London, many regions in Mexico... Bulgaria would be more challenging, not least due to the problem of reading the directional signs.)
I was hoping for a trip back there this February but that didn't come through. I envy you. stan On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > Howdy, folks, > > It looks like I might have the chance to travel to Bulgaria in late > February or early March. I'd most likely be there about a week, > staying > in Plovdiv and using it as a base of operations. > > I'm also considering spending an overnight on the Black Sea coast > while > I'm there, but might let that wait for a trip in slightly warmer > months. > If I do it, I'd either rent a car or take the train from Plovdiv to > the coast and back. > > Does the collected PDML wisdom have anything I should know before > going? > Places not to miss? Places not to see? Food that even other food > won't eat (including scavengers)? :-) > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
