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[Copenhagen, Denmark, Jun 9, 2024] Finally, I made it to Copenhagen! With my stop in Frankfurt, door to door it was 7 hours, which is not that bad, I guess. The only direct flight from Sofia was on Wizz Air, and whenever I am on a tight schedule, I prefer to travel a full-service airline to have better support should flights get disrupted. At the airport in Sofia, I bumped into a… Read More
[Sofia, BG, May 28 – Jun 9, 2024] After a busy three days in Amsterdam, I was glad to be in Sofia, where I spent my days working from home, hanging out with my parents, and seeing friends and family when I could. The view of the city and Vitosha mountains from my parents’ 5th floor condo never gets old. I always make it a point to stop by some of my… Read More
[Amsterdam / Zaanse Schans, NL, May 27, 2024] I couldn’t sleep last night, so I started looking at the Rick Steves Audio Europe app to familiarize myself with the Jordaan neighborhood walk. It turned out the walk goes right by the Anne Frank House, which I had a 9 am ticket for. So I decided to start the walk, pause for my Anne Frank House visit, then finish it. I was glad… Read More
[Amsterdam, NL, May 26, 2024] I left my hotel at 8:15 am – bright and early by European standards. The street outside my hotel was basically deserted…. of people, that is. It was, however, filled with evidence of Saturday nights’ debauchery and cleaning crews were busy picking up trash and washing the streets. I had a 9 am reservation for the Rijksmuseum. I followed roughly the same path as yesterday and did… Read More
[Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 25, 2024] Back in 2000, I was travelling back to the US after spending the Christmas of my freshman year in college in Bulgaria. International connections to Sofia were dismal back then, and the cheapest way for me to fly back to the US was to spend 19 hours in Amsterdam. Did I have a crappy day in Amsterdam? No, I did not, because I spent the whole 19… Read More
