The land of Gypsies and hard alcohol
What can I say about Bulgaria…It was awesome!!!!! Upon arriving in Sofia the capital we saw a Gypsy camp outside the city. My first reaction was to go and walk through it, but my guide told me otherwise. Upon getting to the hotel which was in the city center, we showered and got ready to go out on the town to check things out. The hotel was a typical soviet style hotel with a casino in it and very narrow rooms, but it was nice. We decided to meet everyone down for dinner and take a walk. We walked around the town and I was impressed with how clean it was and how people took care of everything. Now for the dinner (Gypsy Style). What can I say? The food was of middle eastern/Turkish style and always too much of it. The alcohol came flowing every chance you got, and gypsy music playing in the background. The dancers came out then all of a sudden, everyone is dancing on the tables and having a good time, except me…..After dinner we headed back to the hotel to do Karaoke and have drinks as I passed out into the next morning…..
We headed to Plovdiv which is the second biggest city the next morning. This place was amazing as it has seen everything in history. From Neolithic to Thracian, to Greek, to Roman, to Ottoman etc, and it showed in the architecture. I am sad that many of the sites were closed to renovations but it will just give me a chance to get back there again. We went out that night and had another big meal and then headed to a nightclub (everyone knows that I am not a fan of nightclubs but oh well). This nightclub was interesting in that every girl that got in, got a free teddy bear. Oh well I guess that is how they do it. It was a great place with 40 dollar bottles of whiskey. As you can probably guess I got up the next morning being shook by my roommate saying we are late for the bus……..
