just thought I'd share some pics...

I just found these as I was going through some old pics and they made me feel soo homesick!! I took them in Bulgaria in 2006...









I adore tiny little back steets..so homey!


random seagull...he almost looks fake!



random stray kitty



this is a monastery nearby where I'm from..it's up in the mountains though..

I love your photos. I may not post in all your threads but I do view.

Thanks for posting them. For some reason Bulgaria has always seemed like the "great unknown" to me, i.e., there's so little in the news about the country that I feel I don't know a thing about it, other than its location. That may change as it becomes more popular with tourists, though.

Very nice pictures. The places and landmarks don't happen to have any names do they? I don't know about anyone else, but I'm curious!

Will you be able to go back and visit anytime in the near future?

All of the pics are of a small town called Nessebar, except for the last one, that one is of the "Bachkovo monatery"
Nessabar is my favorite place because it is one of the few places unaffected by construction of huge hotels, it is sad for me to see the loss of that kind of beauty ..
I am probably going to visit this summer...The thing that's sad about it is, I love it there but I feel a little bit like an outsider, my language skills are failing me and I always phrase things a little awkwardly, since I translate them in my head from English to Bulgarian, the word order is mixed up..I feel so bad about it lol..

I agree Bulgaria is never in the news..I guess the foreign relations are never controversial enough for it to come up, most countries are famous with either somethin great or something terrible, and Bulgaria is somehow in the middle, nothing horrific nor too exceptional about it

Bulgaria is certaninly not a country you hear about often! It liiks quite beautiful though, and I bet it has an interesting history. I would like to go there one day.

great pictures

very pretty scenery! Love the seagull pic, it really does look like he's fake. Kind of weird and cool at the same time.

Originally Posted by jcat

Thanks for posting them. For some reason Bulgaria has always seemed like the "great unknown" to me, i.e., there's so little in the news about the country that I feel I don't know a thing about it, other than its location. That may change as it becomes more popular with tourists, though.

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Wow it's beautiful! I know nothing about the country, its history or its economy - I'll have to go look. It sure is beautiful though! Thanks for sharing!

I just started reading about its history.... and it's fascinating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic set of pictures, I never been in Bulgaria seems a pacefully place my friend...
thanks for share...

I feel a bit of shame for the street kitty... I hope he has home...

Looks like a beauty of a place!

What a beautiful country! I'm like others and know basically nothing about the country itself but I love the myths and legends that come out of that part of the world.

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I just started reading about its history.... and it's fascinating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I like the history a lot because it makes me learn not only about Bulgaria but about other countries that influenced it somehow, like Greece, Turkey Russia, Germany..It is cool to see how countries influence each other and how the cuisine ends up so similar and even the language..
My favorite part is learning about all of the polytheistic religions that the tribes had before it became a country, they are really cool and had cool deities..

Beautiful pictures!!!
Hey, not being in the news is a GREAT thing IMO - nothing good seems to make the news anyways... I wish I came from a country that never hit the news!
You come from a beautiful place!

Originally Posted by ut0pia

I like the history a lot because it makes me learn not only about Bulgaria but about other countries that influenced it somehow, like Greece, Turkey Russia, Germany..It is cool to see how countries influence each other and how the cuisine ends up so similar and even the language..
My favorite part is learning about all of the polytheistic religions that the tribes had before it became a country, they are really cool and had cool deities..

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Yes, VERY cool when it comes to the religions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Romans had their hands on it, too, for a while.

I hope you can visit next summer and have fun!

What beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing.