Sofia, staying at Ludmil's bed and breakfast with enormous traditional breakfasts and much discussion on Bulgarian history from the Thracians (as advanced as the Greeks but not organised into states) via Romans, Constantine (who originally wanted his capital here instead of Byzantium), kingdoms, Byzantines, Ottomans, Russia, nationalism, Balkan Wars, World Wars, a new monarchy of Saxe-Coburgs, communism - and Ludmul himself learning English by listening clandestinely to the Beatles, for which he was once arrested...walking tour of the city with its laid-back charm, mountain ever visible, layers of history literally on display..もっと詳しく