Disaster, the ISP the hostel uses is bobbins and the connection is still down. I haven’t found an open hotspot anywhere else either, not even in Smacky D’s. I feel so isolated!
In other news I managed to crack my nose on the taxi door frame last night while getting my bag out in the dark and with it pissin’ down. It looks like I’ve been in a ruck.
Now apologies to all Plovdivians as what I’m about to say will likely offend them, Plovdiv is an absolute sh*thole. It’s the worst place I’ve been in over 2 months and I’m very glad to be on a bus out of here now.
I wandered round for 5 hours and saw nothing worth writing about. Now obviously it’s possible that I’ve missed some hidden gems, especially as I only had the rubbish map in my rough guide covering the Old Town (pretty much a non-entity in itself), but I suspect not. After Veliko Tarnovo I had high hopes for Bulgaria ‘n all.
Let’s hope Sofia has more about it, though it’s had poor reviews from every other traveller I’ve discussed it with. At worst, I know the hostel where I’m staying has a pool table.
I opted for the bus over the train even though it was 13 lev (between 6 and 7 quid) vs 7 lev as the next one was at 17:00 against 17:25 and it’s only 2 hours against 3 on the bus anyway.
I’m in the hostel now and as expected, it’s very good. I think I’m going to stay an extra night as I’ll use tomorrow to explore Sofia and then the day after I think I might do the day trip to the Rila Monastery as it looks pretty impressive. Then come Wednesday morning I can get an early bus to Macedonia. Great.
Search of the day – ‘bugger fest denver’.
Tags: Blogsherpa, Bulgaria, Europe, Hostel Mostel, Plovdiv, Sofia, The Animals
