It was a hot and sunny afternoon. I was making a connection in Ruse, the border city in Bulgaria on my way from Bucharest to Varna. It was a busy train, but I could pick my seat in front of a very cute guy. It was an open-type coach and all the windows were open, [...]
Chalga! This is the most popular music here in Bulgaria! It’s a blend of Balkan, Turkish, Arabic influences. But mainly, it’s commercial popular dance music for bars, clubs, radio. This is the music that will put the dancefloor on fire on a Saturday night on the black sea coast this summer. Since the 1980s, this [...]
Nisikli Travel runs three daily buses from Varna to Istanbul. I was boarding one of them in Burgas at 1300. It takes 7 hours to get to IST. The company Metro also operates the same route. Metro leaves from the Burgas train station, but Nisikli leaves from another place a 10-minute walk away from the [...]