I am very glad that my posts are useful, after all that is also my aim to show those who visit my posts the places I go through and maybe the information I offer can be useful.
The village where I live was one where the Hungarian population was quite large, the Hungarians settled here 250 years ago and you realize that we Romanians have many words borrowed from the Hungarian language, words that they still use today.
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I focus on European travels, there are still too many places worth a visit and traveling to the other continents takes much time, costs a fortune and is slowly killing the planet. These are some of the reasons I would love to see more travel and photography posts about our beautiful Europe :)
Thank you, I understand very well those influences. Plenty of Turkish, French and lately, English words in the day-to-day Bulgarian language :)
Cheers! :) (maybe a bit early, but it's never too early for a glass of fine red wine, right? :)))
Aww, a glass of dry red wine, yes, especially as I'm quite close to the vineyards here in the west of the country, I know some wineries in the area with a sensational wine, :)))
You know, on my current list there are already many sensational places in Bulgaria that I want to visit, but somehow I haven't visited them so far, partly because the distances are very long and partly because I don't get along well with the Bulgarian police :)))))
I have the feeling that the Bulgarian police don't want tourists in their area, so far I managed to visit a few places, namely Queen Mary's Castle in Balchik and the Botanical Garden but also Cape Kaliakra and the amazing Tyulenovo Cliffs.
I forgot to tell you that here in the west of Romania in addition to German influences we have Hungarian, Saxon, Swabian, Polish and some others but I can't remember them.
Well, it is mutual :) Bulgarians also don't get along well with the Bulgarian police :D
Especially traffic police - their main purpose is just to milk the drivers.
I am a very careful driver, haven't been in any incident since 2004 but still I got two fines in the last half an year. Lately they use more electronic register and rarely stop drivers unless, of course, there is an accident.
Plenty of places where intentionally wrong traffic signs are left so drivers are fined. Where I live there is a new road between two villages, road reconstructed more than a half year ago, it is about 8 km long and speed limited to 40 km/h. Total nonsense but done intentionally.
What I hate the most in particular is the car registration process that hasn't changed since the dark communist ages of the year 1980. More than 2 million people live in the capital city and there is just one place where one can go and register their newly acquired vehicle. I've been through the process several time, usually that whole day is lost and that's assuming all documents are well prepared.
The poorest country in EU with the highest levels of corruption and those two are connected, of course.
The situation in Romania is not very different from Bulgaria (corruption is present in all state institutions), I don't know if you've been watching TV, the last period has been quite tense in Romania since the annulment of the presidential elections and many other demonstrations in the capital (Bucharest), good thing I don't live there.
I can skip all that and try to see the beautiful part of the country, but also those countries that I want to explore, so Bulgaria is on my list and I will definitely go there, especially as we are now in Schengen.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yes, I watch the news and the presidential elections saga was something very interesting to me as I don't think something like that can happen here. I think corruption is less in Romania as your standard of living is approving better than here. So in Bulgaria, apart from the biggest cities, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas... salaries are just shit. There is even a term "working poor", last stats are about 30% of those who work at a minimal salary, that is about 500 EUR at the moment, can't pay for basic things as utilities and good food. Another anomaly - food in Bulgaria is much more expensive than Germany, France, Spain, etc.
I guess it's ok as long as people are ok. Probably because we are too patient in general :)
So many beautiful place here, that's so true and the most of them are not by Black Sea ;) If you decide to plan something, I could share my experience, tag me, I'd love to add my pov :)
Let's enjoy the weekend now, cheers! :)
There's a lot to discuss about politics, standard of living and many other things, but these things sometimes bore me and sometimes annoy me.
You know, when you're alone against the system you have no chance to change anything, I don't like it either when I see so many state employees simply illiterate, I met these employees who didn't know how to use the computer, but what can I do ....
But let's look on the bright side and enjoy life, because sometimes it is too short.
When I will add blogs from Bulgaria I will definitely tag you, maybe you can give me some tips.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
Exactly, very well said! :)
Probably in Romania too, in Bulgaria the common mind behind being on a state salary is "I don't get much but I work much, if at all." Perfect for lazy people without ambitions :D
Thank you and have a wonderful day as well, I'm already enjoying a sunny Sunday here :) A match for its name today, hehe