At about six thirty the next morning Martina and I were awake and listening to the buzz of the gazillion mosquitos outside our tent that had come to visit us again. As had happened the previous evening, they were there for about half an hour and while we were thinking that we were going to […]

Firstly, we have both been really taken by Bulgaria and for me personally it’s the county I have liked the most during our journey so far. As a whole taking into account the scenery, accommodation, people, food, things to see and do, value for money, etc we think it’s great! Suffice it to say that […]

First up this morning was negotiating the six flights of stairs back down to ground level! After this we were nicely warmed up for our cycle south out of Sofia and towards the mountains which can be seen from the city centre. Sofia is almost surrounded by mountains and hills, so we had to go […]

The outskirts of most villages, towns and cities aren’t the best looking bits – this generally goes for the UK as much as with anywhere we have been recently. We have learned that it’s best to wait a while before making any judgement on a place and Plovdiv was a very good case in point. […]