today is 1st October, the day i fly out from melbourne to sofia, bulgaria.
my flight takes me to zurich via doha.
i'll have to wait in the zurich airport for 19 hours for connecting flight to sofia & on my return flight i have to wait in zurich for 22 hours.
i land in sofia at 12.30 pm on Wednesday 3rd & at this stage will be travelling by train to pavlikeni (about a 3 hour trip).
pavlikeni will be where i'll be based for the first week & after that i will be wherever my itinerary takes me. i won't know what that is until i get there.
there will be updates after i arrive, get settled & find out where i'm going.
cheers, blessings,
ian

my visit to bulgaria

This is my blog where you can follow all of my adventures in Bulgaria ('coz none of them will be on the evening news)

I fly out of Melbourne at 10.55pm on 1st October enroute to Sofia via Doha & Zurich & I land back in Melbourne on November 6th at 10.30pm

                                          
                                              Ancient Roman road in Veliko Tarnovo (c 200AD)


I will post new pages & photos as time & internet access allows & let you see some of the amazing archaealogical sites, architectural structures & natural beauty that exists here.

                                                shopping centre in the gypsy village at Maglizh

                                      

Drummer in church (old shipping container) in gypsy village with his home made drum kit - gaffer tape over plastic pipes taped to a couple of very old microphone stands

There will also be photos & stories about places & people that show the extreme poverty & hardship that some have to endure as a way of life.