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[Last Updated Nov 2024] Rooftop restaurants are not that common in Sofia, which is a shame, because there are some amazing views to be had. Luckily, several have sprung up over the years. Long gone are the days where the only place you could get a bird’s eye view of the city was the top of the National Palace of Culture. Because I can’t decide which rooftop bar has the best view,… Read More
[Copenhagen, Denmark, Jun 11, 2024] I woke up to the rain that had been forecasted to arrive. I was hoping that it will be like Amsterdam, where it rained only for a couple of hours instead of the whole day like the forecast said. At any rate, I had planned to go heavy on the castles today due to the forecast. But I had a few places to climb also, and I… Read More
[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
[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
[London, UK, Jan 14, 2024] To make the most of our first few days in London, we purchased the London city pass in advance. We got the 72-hour one and pre-booked as many activities as we could with it. For today, we booked the Shard and a Top Sights 5-hour walking tour. If you’re unfamiliar with city passes, read more about them in this blog post! Visiting the Shard was quite touristy… Read More
