Christopher Deliso
Macedonia's Village Tourism
July 03, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
Balkan Travellers recently carried a short story on plans to develop rural tourism in Macedonia. I have had discussions with m,any people about this recently here in Skopje.
The feeling is that there are many different small projects going on, but no real organization or overarching national...
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Christopher Deliso
Big Railroad Blues
June 26, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
The train can be so fun. Yesterday I found myself riding the rails in Greece advising a Bulgarian Turk from Shumen, in Macedonian, about the best way to get to Novi Pazar in Serbia via Skopje and Kosovo. Talking to people is worthwhile. Which makes it sad when they don't exist.
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Lode Desmet
To Be Continued ...
June 08, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
Yesterday a hole appeared in our street. In the pockmarked Bulgarian capital Sofia that’s not such an exceptional feat. But this one dug itself in the asphalt right in front of our entrance gate. And that’s less common ! I mean : if there’s a whole long street available, why would that... Full Story
Christopher Deliso
Bulgarian Surprises, Part 2
May 23, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
Now that people are starting to come from the Dnevnik article about me to comment on the first part of this post, it looks like high time for me crank out the second part. And so- we begin.
Up from Devin through Shiroka Luka to Smolyan, the Rhodopi conifers all obediently in rows, trying to...
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Lode Desmet
Blind & Old Shatterhand
May 21, 2008 • 0 Comments Bulgaria
I once lived under the honest impression that the people in the Balkans loved Westerns. A lot of shooting has been going on here – and I guess that this fact unconsciously played on my (creative) mind when I was trying to interpret the name that so many restaurants in the region here... Full Story
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