Bulgaria

Well it seems a little superfical to be doing this blog so early into my time in the country, but I have the time and guess I can add and modify it later on.

I am currently in a town called Teolovo Vernova. While it appears to be a small town, it has a population of over 80,000. The town is all set against a cliff with streets going alongside it. The architecture is very different from Romania as the houses are no longer as colouful and are made of different materials. While it is a long way off Greece it kind of has that feel.

So what have I noticed so far:

• People still like to wear the colour yellow... am guessing this must be a Eastern European thing.
  Shops and food joints open late in the day. It was too early to have bruch this morning at 10:30am. At this point in time we were only able to have an alcohol drink or a coffee.
• Ice cream comes in flavours you just dont have at home and are very fancy though they are sold at the side of the street. The price is determined by the wieght of your order and not the scoop number.
• There are a lot of houses on the market here. While the prices are in Euro's they are still a lot cheaper here than at home (Mish maybe we could look at a house here :) )
• People appear to dress more modern here and less trashy than in Romania. We (the group) thinks this is why the Bulgarian girls are in general prettier.
• People continue to work and use their cellphone at the same time... it is normal to be served while the waitress etc are on their phone
• Getting and change continues to be something that annoys people here. While I get this, when you only have ATM money it is hard not to want it. Last night at dinner the smallest change they have was a $10 note!!!

Time running out so will update rest at latter date