American Couple Explores SOFIA Bulgaria 🇧🇬 for our *FIRST TIME*
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- čas přidán 8. 02. 2024
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Bulgaria is in a great location. Nestled in between five countries and the Black Sea, it’s ideal to stop here as we explore eastern Europe. But we didn’t really know much more than that when we decided to visit. Fortunately for us, Sophia is an amazing city and we couldn’t help but love it here.
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Sofia is an amazing city and we hope to come back to explore the rest of the country one day soon.
A mistake that tourists make when they come to Bulgaria is only visiting Sofia, The beauty of Bulgaria is its nature, its 100000000% worth it.
We'd love to visit more of the country. Next time for sure!
@@SQUEEZEtheDAY Plovdiv is even better. There's also a lot to be seen around there - Tombs of the Thracian kings are not that far from Plovdiv and Shipka monument and the old capital of Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo.
And the magic of Rhodope Mountain in the south, but you might need a car to explore that magnificent mountain. And more than couple of days to be able to see all of that.
@@jordan9339 awesome. Thank you. We'll and those places to our list.
Totally agree, Sofia is not Bulgaria and is not showing even a speck of the country's spirit! Not even close!
The crack in the head of the statue is due to the way this person was assassinated. This is a statue of Mr.Stefan Stambolov, in his youth he was an anti-Ottoman fighter/revolutionary, and after the liberation of Bulgaria (1878) he became a politician. He was speaker of the parlaiment as well as prime minister in the period 1887-1984. After conducting a number of reforms that paved the way for the country's modernization after 5 centuries of Ottoman rule, he was also perceived as dictatorial and had a conflict with the Russian Empire in his foreign policy. The Russians, who basically liberated the country after a Russo-Turkish war in 1877-78, tried to exert greater influence in Bulgarian affairs but faced opposition by Mr.Stambolov and a number of other people. After he fell from power in 1894, he was assassinated in Sofia in the summer of 1895, around the area where the monument is. He was hacked to death, including a blow to his head, hence the crack in the statue. He is considered a true patriot though slightly controversial due to his strong-handed approach while in power.
Wow. Thanks for the reply and detailed information. We're glad we took a moment to get the footage now. Quite the monument.
Killed by the Russians and their comunists here.
The building in the end of the video is sofia central military club,build by austrian architect for the bulgarian army,wich was called prussians of the balkans,cause we didnt had a lost battle in the third bulgarian tzardom-1878-to present day,also we dont have a captured flag on the batllefield,while we have flags from french,british,russian,italian,serbian,greek,romanian,turkish...etc armies and we are very proud with that.......historicly all our neighbours are our enemies and we used to be in war with all of them combined many times,for example 1913 second balkan war,and back in time during the rule of our first tzar(equal to emperor)simeon the great in the 9th century,he defeated all enemies on all borders and made bulgaria one of the three greates statez in europe next to eastern roman empire and the frankish empire....the title tzar originates in bulgaria and simeon is the first one,also the cirilic alphabeth is created in bulgaria ordered by simeon's father boris-michael in the 800s,when we addopted christianity,later we brought it to russia along with the tzar title ,cirilic alphabeth ,and our culture too.....boris -michael gave two million lambs for making books from their scins in order to preserve the alphabeth and to equipt our churches with holly books and the servise to be in bulgarian language.....we destroyed the so called three language dogma wich say that you can preach the gospel only in greek,latin or hebrew,cause western and eastern churches wanted our state in their church,so they declared both that our language is legal,even the pope blessed the alphabeth...cause our country was very powerfull they wanted us on their side....this fight continued up to 13th century when we became part of the western church for a while
Wow. That's an amazing history. No wonder you're all proud of your heritage. Thanks for sharing. Now we want to come back even more.
Love love love Bulgaria ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Us too. Amazing county, beautiful people, delicious food. Can't wait to come back.
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Beautiful Sofia.
Thank you!
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Amazing country
Lots of American don’t know about
Thank you for sharing your experience
Our pleasure. That's why we wanted to share our experience. Hopefully more Americans can learn about the amazing history of Bulgaria.
You must visit the Rila Monastery 😉
We just took a look at it on Google maps. Beautiful. Thanks for letting us know about it.
The one with the crack in the head is Stefan Stambolov (1854-1895) He was a freedom fighter durring the Ottoman times, and after the liberation of Bulgaria he became a brilliant politician(prime minister) and did a lot for the country, but he was anti-russian and pro European, a little overzealous and for that he had a lot of enemies, so they attacked him in the center of Sofia with a mace and cracked his head, he died soon after.
Thank you for that information. Sofia has an amazing history, even if some of it is a little scary. Every time we hear more, we're more impressed.
Actually alot of tourists goes to Bulgaria, there are German, British and Scandinavian families who flocks to the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria every year in summer for all inclusive resorts because it's cheap and a short flight from anywhere in Europe, it's a much cheaper alternative to Greece and Bulgarian resort cities like Golden Sands and Sunny Beach are really popular. Sofia the capital though, which I find a really nice city, is not among the common tourist destinations in Bulgaria. But it's a country that primarily Europeans only go to, same can be said about Albania and the tourist resorts on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. I am going to the Bulgarian coast in September!
The Bulgarian coast sounds like a beautiful destination. Hope you have fun. Thanks for all the great information.
Did you see church,mosque and synagoge,on one place,side by side :)
We did,. At the end of the day, we were tired from all our adventures and the footage wasn't what we wanted for the video, didn't really do them justice. The fact that the three of them are working to show how easy it is to get along really needs a video of it's own, but we don't do politics.
Hey, good video! The church you said you didn't understand why it is not on any guides is Св. Седмочисленици. It was built to be a mosque and was a mosque for a time. Then it was repurposed as a jail. During the time it was a jail people used to call it The Black Mosque, where the "black" part was a reference to it's purpose rather than the look. It was finally repurposed again as a church which it is to this day.
Wow. That's good to know. Thank you!!
Thanks for the fun time.🧳✈🇧🇬
Our pleasure!!
Welcome back again😊
Thank you!
Beautiful 😍
Thank you! 😊
The thomb with the metal bars at 6:30 is where Vasil Levski spent his last days in a cold February winter and in chains before being hanged by the Turks.
Bulgarian here. We have so much history, that we are above it! (I will see myself out)BTW there is a lot of movie productions going in Bulgaria from US and Hollywood because it is cheap, good quality and good world set for historical stories, we Bulgarians are use to it, you can see often a movie set in a random place and I think its cool
We love the history in Sofia. And food. And people. And everything else about it. Amazing city, can't wait to visit again. Maybe we'll get to see more of those movies being made.
Petko and Pencho Slaveikovi were a father and son and one of our best writers ant poets .On Slaveikov square you ca seeo their bronze statues sitting on a bench😊
Awesome. Thanks
AMAZING ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! It was a great trip.
It's nice to see you two jammin' in our city! Thanks for the video and thanks for the positive attitude. You guys are amazing! Stay positive!
Thanks so much!! It was our pleasure to make this video of Sofia. Such a great city.
Keep in mind... you are revealing things, kept surpressed by those in power (worldwide)! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
You are so welcome. It's a beautiful city. Can't wait to go back.
Hi,
So the guy with the crack in the head is actually Stefan Stambolov.
Prime Minister in Pre-World War I Bulgaria, famous for his stance against Russian interference in Bulgarian affairs.
He was killed by pro-Russian assailants who attacked him with sabers, quite brutal.
Thank you. Glad we saw the statue.
Very positive couple. Thank you, it was a nice video.
Our pleasure!
Hello .I am glad you showing our beautifull city to rhe world! Thank you and welcome again.😊Banitsa you should eat with boza (drink).Hmm it is not traditional breakfast it is kind of fast breakfast In my family we sometimes eat banitsa with yogurt, but i prefer eggs for breakfast😊
Banitsa with yogurt sounds delicious, we usually eat eggs for breakfast too. But when we're in a place, we try to eat like a local. We love Sofia.
Why no prices? that and security are the most important things for a tourist to know. Nice video btw
Great question. We usually put prices in our videos, like with the breakfast. This was our first time in Sofia so we were exploring more than spending but we will make sure to add more prices for future videos. Thank you.
I am Bulgarian, so I will tell you. Most prices here are average or in the case of the restaurant maybe a bit more than average but so was the presentation and probably taste.
Security is the best I personally have experienced. I haven't been scared in Sofia at night and I am paranoid due to the bad experiences I have had living in Malta. In fact, I am going back to my hometown so my child can be safe on the street and within our own community.
There are bad things too, but they aren't for the tourists to think about usually(government, politics and some other things).
What you need to know is that crime rate is moderate, but I wouldn't say we have too much of that here compared to other countries. I would say mostly pickpockets and bag thefts in tourist or very crowded areas are the most common ones. But in my personal opinion, it doesn't happen ALL the time and to everyone. I have never heard of anyone around me experience issues, nor have experienced any on a holiday (I speak English most of the time I go back home as the primary language with my partner is English, so people assume I am not local often..).
As long as you aren't rude to people. I'd say you are safe. To be safer from potential pickpocketing, just have your wallet and documents in a pocket which is not reachable from outside people and always have back up cash, card or something juuuust in case.
I do it anywhere I am too - for holidays or living somewhere. In Malta I don't even take out my ID card or passport out, just the residence card, so they are always safe home, out of reach even for potential break-in's.
Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailled reply@@natveneziano853
This is a very old country, 1300 years old.
Part of why we loved visiting and can't wait to go back.
Hope you enjoyed your stay in BG , regards from Varna❤
We did! Loved it.
София красавица
Agreed. Love it!
Wait till you see the rest of the country, you will forget about Sofia in a second
Try to go to the oldest city in Europe- Plovdiv
Thanks for the recommendation! It's on our list.
The cheese pie is okay but the authentic one is called “sirnica” from Bosnia.
We would love to visit Bosnia soon, try it out and see the sights while there. Thanks for letting us know.
The name may be authentic for Bosnia, but the authentic name in Bulgaria is Banitsa..! In both cases, it is the same product, but under a different name! You cannot claim originality, not something that is typical for the entire Balkan Peninsula..
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Thank you.
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Thank you!
@@SQUEEZEtheDAYI am surprised that Google Translate or alternative app got this covered :D
It would be a nice city if it were not for the air quality.
I think that happens in every city, unfortunately.
а на бас че си българин. Критично лайно такова.
There are plenty of smaller cities with better air-quality. Capitals are always a bit worse than other places, all over the world.
I wouldn't call it exactly bread
sorry for the misunderstanding.
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Just having a great time and sharing it with the world