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South Gate of Bulgaria - Krumov Airport

Krumov Airport is located in Plovdiv. It can also be called "Plovdiv Annals." By the way, the Sofia airport is called "Enmity". Krumov is located

Country Palace of the Bulgarian Princess

This country cottage among centuries-old pines was built a hundred years ago for the Bulgarian king of Austria by the blood of Prince Ferdinand. Therefore, her style

First Bulgarian Literary Museum

The patriarch of Bulgarian literature and the national poet Ivan Vazov, as the Bulgarians themselves call him, was born on July 9, 1850 in the city of Sopot, in

What was really called Mother Teresa

In Skopje, near Macedonia Square in the city center, is the memorial house-museum of Mother Teresa. This museum can be recognized by the unusual architecture and

200 years BC

I will give you a short excursion to the necropolis of the Basilica of Hagia Sophia, which originates even before our era. In the ancient city of Ulpia Serdika,

The once famous and beloved royal resort of Varshets

In Bulgaria there are many thermal springs, and near everyone else in antiquity there was a settlement, which eventually grew into a city. In these cities at the

Diyarbakir - a place of sorrow for the Bulgarians

I think none of you know that the Turkish resort of Diyarbakir still arouses hostility among Bulgarians. Because there was one of the most terrible prisons, where

San Francisco Lombard Street is the most winding street in the world

Lombard Street in San Francisco is an interesting winding street that is completely impossible to show in the photo, standing on it itself. Luxurious lawns completely

Stanford Shopping Center

The Stanford Shopping Center is located at the Palo Alto on the Stanford campus. The shopping center covers an area of 130,000 square meters and consists of four

Where the richest people live in America

That's about the richest cities in Europe, I heard, but about the same American did not even suspect. It turns out that the city of the "Monaco system"

Live like a movie

In fact, a person does not always trust what he sees in films - somewhere there is a thought that it’s all a “movie”, stylization, and so on. Therefore, when you

What the center of Silicon Valley looks like

Want to see what the historic capital of Silicon Valley looks like? You don’t want to? 😊 But I’ll show it anyway. Because I like her - this is the city of Palo

San Francisco through the eyes of a man half living in Sofia

San Francisco, as a place of people's lives, almost the same old settlement as Sofia, also stands on the hills, also has an interesting history of Russian emigration

San Francisco Pride Parade 2018

It was unexpected to meet this fun and noisy procession on the streets of San Francisco. Unexpectedly for those who are not in the know 😊 My husband went for a

Bulgaria. Chronicles of the Time of Troubles. Riot of Nabokov

Bulgarian crisis (1885-1887) After the coup on August 9, 1886 and the abdication of Prince Alexander I from the Bulgarian throne, dictated by Captain R. Dimitriev,

The novel "Under the Igoto". Review

Those who live in Bulgaria and learn Bulgarian should definitely read Bulgarian literature. Firstly, it helps the study of the language, and secondly, the understanding

Klisursky Monastery of St. Cyril and Methods

Not far from the balneological resort of Varshets (3 km), 54 kilometers from Sofia, in the north of Bulgaria, at the foot of the peak of Todorini dolls, is the Klisursky

World War II and Bulgaria

The history of Bulgaria during the Second World War includes three periods: neutrality until March 1, 1941, a period of alliance with the Axis countries until September

Serbia will cure you. Almost for free

About the very balneo-climatic resort Nishka Banya, I have already written, putting at the forefront of its cheapness. Now I’ll tell you about the institute itself,

Three-storey "cemetery" in the center of Sofia

In the ancient city of Ulpia Serdika, where Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is now located, there was not only a Roman and Late Antique Amphitheater, watchtowers