Posts Tagged‘eastern bloc’

When you hear about people taking European vacations, there are usually just a handful of destinations.  You got your Paris-London circuit, the Italian trifecta (Rome-Florence-Venice), and of course, the non-traveler 20 something male who goes…

  So I began my journey westward from Turkey to Bulgaria yesterday, and after hearing how miserable the bus ride is, I decided to take the train. The train left Istanbul at 10 PM and…