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Today's NY Times ran an article on a new set of real estate developments in Bulgaria that mix new, modern real estate developments and golf courses. This news, in conjunction with recent news that Bulgaria has its date set to become a new EU ...

People in poorer countries always have a romantic image of just how perfect life is in the United States or the European Union compared with what they have to endure in their homeland. Throughout my travels in Russia and Eastern Europe, for example, ...

There are many many places I can think of that I'd like to be heading right now to do some skiing. But I confess that Bulgaria is not near the top of that list .In fact, I'm not sure it's even ON the list. Wait, let me check...nope, Bulgaria is not a ...

There are many many places I can think of that I'd like to be heading right now to do some skiing. But I confess that Bulgaria is not near the top of that list .In fact, I'm not sure it's even ON the list. Wait, let me check...nope, Bulgaria is not a ...

Every city or country has a "can't miss" attraction that you simply can't miss. When I was traveling through Bulgaria a few years ago, the can't miss attraction everyone told me to visit was the Rila Monastery. While the monastery was indeed truly ...

Living abroad is always full of challenges. Simply deciphering what type of milk to buy in the store can be a lesson in frustration when you don't speak the language and have no way of telling the skim milk from the baby milk. There was a time where ...

If you want to know the best places to have fun in a foreign country, go where the students go. In the case of Sofia, Bulgaria, this would be Student Town. The communists like to centralize things when they were in command and often created enormous ...

Last night I did some Ohio skiing. It was nothing like this high speed ski experience of Balkan ski champion Cristo Angelov when he took on one of the ski trails at Borvovets in Bulgaria--not even close. Borovets is Bulgaria's oldest winter resort. ...

I've traveled with my cats a few times while making some cross country moves. I hated cramming them into squat cages to fit them under my airplane seat and I really hated having to pay a few hundred dollars for their own "tickets" plus the vet checks ...

Bulgaria is not exactly the first place that comes to mind when planning a summer beach vacation, but its location on the Black Sea offers miles of decent beaches to choose from. During communism Bulgaria was actually the top holiday destination for ...

While I don't know for sure how many people flock to Bulgaria to become expats there is obviously enough for this Expat Bulgaria site Neil kindly pointed us to not long ago. I don't think Bulgaria would be my first country of choice, but if anyone ...

Here are the hottest gear deals for today, Wednesday September 2nd 2009. Remember, these deals are often only valid for just one day, so act fast before they are gone. Today's first deal is for a free Philips car charger for the iPod. It is on sale ...

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Looking for a nice cold beer in Bulgaria? Step into one of these... Today's word is a Bulgarian word used in Bulgaria: mehana - tavern The Bulgarian lang falls into the Southern branch of Slavic languages and is closely related to Macedonian. It is ...

In my younger years I wasn't the type of gal easily wooed by a bouquet of beautiful flowers. I always thought, why chop something from it's roots to tickle my fancy and brighten my home for a short amount of time. Don't get me wrong, flowers are nice ...