Plovdiv, Bulgaria is a great town about 2 hours east of Sofia; it’s smaller than Sofia, but has so much amazing culture! I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the Plovdiv State Puppet Theatre. We saw three shows there, ordered our tickets in Bulgarian, and had such a great time. Imagine humans dressed in costumes […]
We thought, why don’t we make our own puppet show after seeing The Queen of Spades; it’s such a fun and complete activity.
Our second weekend trip was to Burgas, at least this time we were on the Black Sea, and just a little bit closer to Istanbul.
Even though we’re traveling and moving somewhere every month, on average, we are still keen on a good road trip. We call these “vacations”. Our next trip we decided would be Bansko because we were having trouble justifying, or planning, a bus trip to Turkey; too long in a bus does not happy children make. […]
Early April we said goodbye to Bucharest which got really warm and beautiful as all the trees were sprouting with leaves. We booked a shuttle van which picked us up from our Bucharest apartment; we loved that little place, it was just large enough and was a simple mix of hardwood floors and bright decor. My daughter’s room was a girl’s room normally so she was right at home.