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North Macedonia – Vardar and East (Skopje) May 7-9, 2019 I entered from Bulgaria in the far southeast corner and first saw several places in the North Macedonia – West section. These two waterfalls are in Vardar and East  Smolare … Continue reading →

TIPS for BULGARIA 1. Road Toll Tax. The amount of the tax depends on the duration of stay: weekend, 1 week (15 BGN), 1 month, 1 year. I did not know about this, was stopped for not having the “vignette” … Continue reading →

BULGARIA SOUTH (Plovdiv, Kyustendil, Stara Zagora, Haskovo) May 2-3 2019 After Shipka Pass and Monument, I descended on the other side of the mountain and Central Balkan National Park into Bulgaria South. Shipka Monastery of the Nativity of Christ, Shipka. Built … Continue reading →

BULGARIA – NORTH (Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Ruse, Pleven, Shumen) April 30- 2019 Madara Horseman (Rider). Discovered in 1872, this is a bas-relief carving of an actual size horseman about 30m up on a cliff face. His right hand holds … Continue reading →

Bulgaria officially the Republic of Bulgaria is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square … Continue reading →

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska) is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country’s primary … Continue reading →

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe, located within the Balkan Peninsula. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city. Bosnia and Herzegovina is an almost landlocked country – it has a narrow coast at the Adriatic Sea, about 20kms long … Continue reading →

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and a maritime border with Italy to the west. Geographically, the country displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions, defined in an … Continue reading →

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north; Serbia and Kosovo to the east, Albania to the south and Croatia to the west. Montenegro has an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 620,079 (2011 census). Its capital is  Podgorica and Cetinje is designated … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS on BULGARIA 1. The alphabet is Cyrillic, almost as indescipherable as Greek, but most everything is repeated in English. 2. The level of English is only fair, much better in tourist cities and Sofia and with young people. The … Continue reading →