DAILY LIVING in SOFIA BULGARIA | Groceries, Traditional Food and FUN FACTS
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Today we take you to explore 3 grocery stores in Sofia, is it really as affordable as people think. We also try some delicious traditional food!
Places we visited:
Billa: maps.app.goo.g...
Central Market Hall: maps.app.goo.g...
Lidl: maps.app.goo.g...
Pepco:maps.app.goo.g...
Manastirska Magernitsa Restaurant: maps.app.goo.g...
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The water is warm because it's mineral water spring, it comes from deep underground and comes out hot. If geothermal hot water spring - the water has a lot of dissolved minerals and is supposed to be very good for your health, but it has a strong taste. Bulgaria has the second most hot mineral water springs in the world, only after Iceland.
Wow, I knew there were hot springs here but not that they had the 2nd most hot to Iceland! Nice
@@wattstraveling People collect the water in jugs, the water loses its smell after a few days. It smells because it contains a small amount of Sulphur, which is completely natural for hot spring water... once the smell is gone, then the sulphar has evaporated away. People wait for the water to cool before drinking.
@dayanbalevski4446 yes, makes sense! 👍
@@wattstravelingIn fact, this mineral water is healing.Many years ago, with the help of this water, I was cured of a serious illness.I was forced to use therapeutic fasting where I didn't eat any food for 18 days.I only had to drink 5 liters of this water.It contains an incredible amount of all the minerals needed by the body without which It would be impossible for me to survive without taking in food.Actually, I had to not eating for 30 days on the doctor's recommendation.But on day 18, my blood test showed the beginning of protein breakdown in my body.Therefore, I was forced to stop fasting and start feeding.But this warm mineral water was a major factor in the entire treatment..!
@@wattstravelingthe central halls - the 1st in door markets organized & historical build right after Liberation in 1878 in new free capitalist democratic Tsardom of Bulgaria in accordance with the leading role of Germany in Bulgaria (& now & back then "always with Germany never against Rossia", "my generals are with Germany, my Tsarina is with Italia, my politicians are with England, my Bulgarian subjects are with Rossia, I'm the only pro-Bulgarian son of BG"- Boris the 3rd Tsar of the Bulgars! Each of the all 28 district cities has these 120yrs old historical city halls & "beer hale" (beer halls).
Did you know that for the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, the city of Serdica, today Sofia, was his favorite city? He often said: "Serdica is my Rome!"
His palace was located where the presidential building is now. In its courtyard you can see one of the surviving buildings of the palace - the "St. George" rotunda.
We've seen st.george rotunda but didn't know it was his favorite! Thanks for sharing! 👍
14:32 - Halva is arabic confectionery but it was adopted by the Ottomans and that's how we in Bulgaria got it too. Greece also has their own varieties.
@Rio-Brasil great! I feel like we could do a whole video on interesting treats here.....especially since we can't read the labels! 🤣🤣
The big market you were in is called Hali. "The construction of the building , which spreads over 3,200 m², began in 1909 after the design of architect Naum Torbov was selected in 1907, and took two years to complete." Wikipedia Prices of real estate in Sofia have gone crazy despite the fact how many new buildings are being built.Hopefully there is a good real estate agent, here they all seem like they don't care if they are going to loose a client or not. In general you will hardly find the same professional service as in Canada. There are sites where homes or apartments are being sold by owner, but they will be in Cyrillic. There are not many canned soups, because you can get a soup for about 5 levs at any restaurant in the center and it doesn't seem to have a need. The mineral water where you were has been running like this for as long as I remember and even before my 50+. Great walk you had, always wishing you the best.
Hi there again! Thank you for the answers! You are right, real estate has gone crazy in Sofia.... and they are building like crazy! And I can imagine why it took 2v years to build the market hall..... it's massive! 😍 and beautiful! Thanks for watching!
@@wattstravelingfun but true fact from the 70s from my parents careless happy childhoods full with joy & freedoms in happy communist BG - a Bulgarian made kid's toothpaste called "Mecho Puh" (Winnie the Pooh) eating friendly was produced by the Bulgarian pharmaceutical industry to encourage the kids, to build the habit, alone to brush their teeth, it was eating friendly, milk sweetener like testing, so the kids back then were loving to brush their teeth not allowing their moms to brush them anymore. Because of this our national tradition alot of the sweet stuff are still manufactured in toothpaste like squeezable tubes to bring & establish memories. Only the great Bulgarian pharmaceutical industry & the chemical one (the 3rd & the 4th largest in the world by numbers of products & volumes, working with Bulgarian made machineries) are missing, till today when even USA in some numbers to be in front of us, even USA, & Bulgarian youth to be like US Americans what a fail, BG is a failed project, a lost cause, no need of such BG!
@@wattstravelingin the 90s when still the great collective village's owned farming coops were existing, before the restitution of the land, BG was still 10mln ppl population, the villages were not abandoned like today but full with ppl & youth still, every village had its own school with teachers from that village, shools had free cantinas, all day kinder garden, fully open 7 days functioning church with preast living in the village, food clothing hardware & construction stores, gas station & auto shop, community services (technicians, tailor, dentist, doctor, birth clinic etc the medical stuff were completely free, the technical services affordable to all) & bakery, so when the kids were going to buy bread this hot & smelling only villages tipe of Bulgarian bread kids were buying 1 extra so they can eat it on the way home. Bulgaria has great selections of dough products called "breakfast" in Bulgarian folk tradition "nobody's bigger than The Bread"! But all these were no good stuff now we have freedom with all her beauties at high speeds!
@@wattstravelingBulgaria & Iceland are the richest places on Earth of hotsprings, Icelanders just use theirs even in an industrial way & central heatings we are "smarter" & waste ours! As we say - BG is rich here will be always something, we'll figure out, if not we'll invent it"!
@@wattstravelingso for the central heatings system (all 28 Bulgarian district cities have those coal diesel & gas power plants (some belong to the old big factories) that manufacture electricity & heat water) instead of using these hotsprings, BG "wisely" depends on Rossia to import fuels to keep these plants spinning. On the other hand if we use them the nation will say to government "we want free heating & electricity we The People went (our Grannies did) to 5 wars, (1885, 1912-1913, 1915-1918, 1941-1945), we took out all these Brits French Italians Rossians Germans Romanians Turks Greeks Serbs out of service, we deserve free stuff", then in the Spirit of the good old South European Tradition, the government (Families & Friends too) won't be able to steal enough just by building & maintaining such plants, so that's why some projects are "no good for the public good" (traditional old Bulgarian government's explaining short accurate excuse)!
33:33 that's not sour cream it's "kiselo mlyako" which means sour milk or bulgarian yogurt
We do have sour milk (bulgarian yogurt), ayran (which is bulgarian yogurt with water and salt) - the one that you bought by mistake and fresh milk which is basically milk
please note that bulgarian yogurt and bulgarian cheese are different from the regular yogurt and feta as they have a bacteria which is found only in Bulgaria. Here we eat this almost every day.
Thank you for sharing
Yes.... funny I just read about the Bulgaria found bacteria. Interesting
Hi guys, do you know the other Canadian girl Alina who is living there now? She is in the same city.
Yes! 👍 wonder if she knows us?
She is russian
@Spiritualwarfare587 she's dual citizen, born in Ukraine and citizen of Canada 👍
@@Spiritualwarfare587 Shi is Ukrainian!!!
I follow her too being Canadian myself. Her information about her journey of moving to Sofia has been very helpful, even though we are of two different generations and purposes for moving.
A big home-depot type of store in Sofia is Praktiker. It has from lights and other furniture/gadgets stuff to soil, pots, and plant sections. By the way, for any foreigner reading this comment and considering visiting our country, tap water in most parts of Bulgaria is absolutely safe for drinking (Sofia included).
@yaonyaon9460 is the one i should in the video, not a good one? Good to know about other stores too! 👍
@@wattstraveling The one in the video is safe for drinking as well. It's a natural hot spring water (that's why it is warm). Many of the locals like drinking it, and thus, they go and fill in their plastic containers to bring home. You can drink it as is, or if you don't like drinking warm water (like me, for example), you can cool it down first. We actually have plenty of hot springs scattered throughout the country, thus such a sight isn't a rarity. Depending on the properties and the composition of their water some are ok to drink and some are mostly used for bathing and other physiotherapeutic purposes.
As for markets and stores. I mostly shop in food markets like Kaufland, Lidl, or Fantastico, or the small local stores and minimarts. I'm not a huge Billa fan and have never visited Pepco, but it seems like a nice store from what I've seen in your video. Metro is a nice large shopping center as well. You probably know, but you can buy lots of stuff there, including plenty of non-food items. Other large and popular stores are the Praktiker I already mentioned or Ikea.
As we are on the subject of food, you should try our pastries. Plenty of small bakeries are lurking just by the corner while you are strolling the streets. Most of the time the smaller and unassuming the bakery the better pastries they make, lol.
@yaonyaon9460 ohhh yes....trust me.... we've been to plenty of bakeries since we've been here! So delicious 😋 great information... thank you
@@wattstravelingThat's nice! I am glad that you had a pleasant baked goods experience.
If you are curious, I can elaborate a bit about my experience with the baked goods and the cooked food sections in the large supermarkets: Kaufland, Lidl, and Fantastico.
1. Freshly cooked meals:
Fantastico is the number one of the three. The food there is generally fresh and delicious. To my knowledge, Lidl doesn't have such a section, and I don't like most of the cooked meals sold in Kaufland.
2. Desserts and baked goods (bread, pastries):
Lidl and Kaufland have a larger variety of breads and pastries in the according section, while Fantastico has just a few breads. All breads/buns you can buy in these markets are generally the same quality. They are rather delicious when fresh. As for pastries, I'd always recommend purchasing from a local small bakery. Be it taste or variety, they are much better than the ones you can buy in a supermarket. Last but not least the desserts. Kaufland takes the top place. The desserts you can find in their bread section or the few sold in the cooked-meal section are tasty. Lidl comes second - less variety but good taste. Last is Fantastico. It has a good variety of desserts (a whole separate section mainly for sweets like cakes and eclairs), but with some exceptions, the taste is rather lacking.
Love love love Bulgaria ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
We are enjoying our time here 😀
Great video. Lots of good information.
Jay doesn't need to announce he's Canadian. The ball cap in 20 degrees does that. 😅
Few thoughts:
That grocery store in the old train station is gorgeous. And the selection and quality reminds me of Wegmans in the U.S.
Like you, I'm surprised how good the instant coffee is, especially the 3-in-1.
Enjoy Varna. I'm curious, but the fact that Bulgaria is a Schengen country and we have to manage our 90 days. That's one of the big appeals of Albania...
Again, great stuff.
Ball cap in 20 degree weather, how Canadian! Lol I'm glad we aren't the only ones that drink 3 n 1! 👍 Albania is definitely a great choice if you have a US passport, 12 month stay on arrival.... hard to beat that! Thanks for watching as always! 😊
@@wattstravelingMoussaka is the Balkan's lasagna just much better than the Italian Joke
Steam comes out of the water because it is a mineral spring. :D and it's good for your health if you drink it.
Bulgaria is in second place in terms of deposits of mineral springs, only after Iceland. If you see a tap on the street, don't worry, drink calmly.
In fact, Velingrad in Bulgaria is the mineral capital of Europe, if you have time it is worth a visit
@ivanxff thank you for the info! Amazing 👍
@ivanxff thank you for the info! Amazing 👍
I watch and comment as I go. Be thankfuI you can't hear me lol. But you know I get excited seeing places I can't wait to come back to.
I was totally lost my first trip. I did google translate, but now learned mylako is milk, only it is written in cyrillc of course. I don't drink milk, but did find it so nice and creamy that it was great for coffee and enjoyed it with granola or museli and berries. But ya, a whole different dairy world than our own and the MASSIVE yogurt selections are overwhelming.
I learned to love instant coffee and even drink it at home now. So easy for travel. I love too that you can get sliced that is actually just a roast piece of turkey or chicken.
Oh you just walked by my fave snack crackers in mushroom flavour that we can't get here. I should get you to ship me a case! You go for candy isle, I go for chips. Mushroom flavoured lays, we need this in Canada. I didn't even know there was an upstairs to that market hall when I was there. I have to check it out next time. I love exploring the everday things also like you said, with the mindset of "what if I lived here".
Did you find out about the water. I know only a little bit, but it is a mineral water.
Ahh.. thank you once again for giving me this little Bulgarian virtual trip to hold me over until my next time.
@crystalm1122 thanks for watching! Yes... lots of comments about the water. I'll have to the mushroom snack crackers..... love that brand! We feel in love with them in Albania 😋
The water near Lidl is hot mineral springs, you can drink this water it is having great benefits for your body .
@@FKxf3030 👍love that
@wattstraveling Bulgaria is a just a diamond in the middle of EU with a beautiful nature and over 700 natural mineral springs with so many benefits...I miss it ALOt... wasn't been there 10 years... hopefully soon...if your lovers of the country side, trust me you have to see so many beautiful places ...
@FKxf3030 thank you for watching!
By the way, the restaurant you chose is in a very old house with rich history. It was built in 1882, and belonged to Krastyo Krastev. He was a Bulgarian writer, translator, philosopher and public figure most notable as Bulgaria's first professional literary critic. Krastev was an influential member of the modernist Misal ("Thought") circle, a leading collaboration of writers that aimed to revolutionize Bulgarian literature and introduce the modern ideas of European literature and philosophy to the country.
I believe we read a sign about this! I really liked this place even tho some think it's over rated? We had good food and a good experience. Thanks for the info and for watching
@@wattstraveling I wouldn't say it's overrated. Lately, most of the restaurant had their prices raised significantly, especially after Covid. It's an ok place and definitely not a rip off or very touristy. BTW, ignore the haters here. You didn't come off as rude or disrespectful at all. Quite the opposite if you ask me.
@Rio-Brasil thank you for. I don't mind negative comments.... maybe a miss communication? We've been traveling for 3 years and h ave been to many countries different than ours and we like that is different. Even if it's different we are never disrespectful to any culture or place we visit, so I really appreciate your comment! 👍❤️
@Rio-Brasil thank you for that. I don't mind negative comments.... maybe a miss communication? We've been traveling for 3 years and have been to many countries different than ours and we like that is different. Even if it's different we are never disrespectful to any culture or place we visit, so I really appreciate your comment! 👍❤️
Welcome, guys and have a nice stay!
If you are looking for a Costco type warehouse grocery store, go to Metro. There are 2 stores in the city. You need to get a member card at the entrance to be able to shop. The closest one is just before the east end of the city. You can get there with the subway on the line, going to the airport. It's about 10-15 min from the centre and it's opened 24/7. I like to shop there at night as there are less people and you don't have to wait a lot at the cash registers which are usually packed...
@smarty-br8og hello! Great advice! 👍 thanks
This is mineral water not just hot water ;)
It is supposed to heal you. The water from the tap is drinkable.
@@airforcebg how awesome is that! 👍
2:14 the blue capped bottles on the bottom right, the right half of the shelf above and the one above it is all milk. You can use google lens on your phone to instantly translate any label.
Well, you would think Google translate would be easy.... but it doesn't always translate! 🙃 but it does help, we use it all the time! Thanks about the info on Milk! Cereal isn't the same with yogurt🤣🤣
@@wattstraveling no no, you want Google *Lens* not Translate, you literally point a camera on the label and it swaps letters in it to a language you can read, search youtube for google lens, you'll see what I mean
@wattstraveling you should use google lens not google translate! you point the camera at a label and it replaces the foreign text with one you can read
@MrMikeseth yes, I'm familiar with Google lens 👍
Yes, halva is bulgarian, though halva is a alavic sweet food so you would probably find it in other slavic countires too. It is made from sunflower seed. The alphabet you see everywhere is called cyrillic and yes Russians do use it, but you will probably trigger a lot of Bulgarians calling it Russian, mostly because the Cyrillic alphabet actually came from Bulgaria and then got introduced to other Slavic nations like the Russians. I was also expecting for you guys to show the fountain in the middle of the shopping market in the central halls Kaufland, surprised you decided not to show it. The water you see from the fountains is mineral water and a lot belive it has also healing powers because of the minerals on it. It is warm because it is mineral water, coming from the ground. Depending on the location mineral water can be cold, warm or even scolding hot. We have a bunch of different mineral spots all across the country.
@@ЯнаДанаилова-х1э yes, the fountain is nice... it was trickling when we were there... but maybe it always does?... like it was running..... but not really? Yes, cyrillic..... such a tricky alphabet then we are used to
I go to that particular Billa shop every day 😄
@concierge7034 is a great shop! 👍 if you see us say hello 👋 🤣
I live in Sofia and we usually buy groceries from Kaufland or Lidl
@@MagicMiro two great places with lots to choose from 👍
For the love of God, please go to Urban Embassy and grab yourselves a good cup of coffee. Watching you with these instant coffee recommendations hurts my coffee soul 😅😅
Thank me later 😊
@@gipvision6937 i was waiting to see a comment about our instant coffee choice! 🤣🤣🤣
@@wattstraveling haha, I checked the comments and was surprised that no one mentioned it. 😅 Alternatively, you can try Dabov, but if you're anywhere near NDK (National Palace of Culture) definitely check out Urban Embassy. The owner is a great person and very skilled barista.
Bulgaria is the next country after Island !We have a hot water from the Earth!
Yes! Very interesting 👍
LIDL is my favorite store in Bulgaria. But they are the only ones who put prices above the products. In the stupidest way.
Lol, they are sneaky!
LIDL has the lowest food quality in Bulgaria and they put lower quality products than LIDL in Germany
For real Estate why not try to contact Alina Mcleod another vlogger that moved from Canada as well recently, and ask her for the contact info of her real estate agent ,or look it in her video , she have it there. The Market hall as you called it is actually now owned by the Kaufland chain , so their prices are a little more affordable. In general Kaufland and Billa are the two chains with a bit lower prices , then Fantastico and Lidl , i don't have a favorite but i go to the one which have promotions on what i need at the moment . We have Few chains for home-depot stores - Practiker , Mr.Bricolage , and as well the IKEA - the one in the Mall of Sofia is small and have just the basic items in it, you can get to the big one pretty easy - take the subway to the "Business Park Sofia" station - same one from few the last video you just need to go out from different exit , and then from the bus stop you can use the free "Ring Mall" shuttle buss to the Ikea and Ring Mall.
@blakpurl14 of course I reached out to Galya, she's great! We also go where the sites are! 👍 we've been to many malls here and like all the choices that are here!
The COSTCO style store exists, and it is called "METRO" - except you don't need to pay for a membership. Cyrllic alphabet is the easist alphabet to learn, easier than latin, because the sounds of the letter do not change depending on the word like in English... so the way you pronounce the letter, is always the same. Should take you a week to memorize it, then you can start pronouncing and reading anything
@dayanbalevski4446 good to know, thank you 👍
Ola! obrigada! 👒🎩
Hello 👋 thanks for watching
The mineral water all over the world is hot, so it's running for free, the people are filling up their containers, because it's healthy and helps for different diseases, they drink it, they cook with that, because actually nobody knows what's they sell us, is it really a mineral water in this plastic bottles, what's exactly is there insight. It's so much better to go to the mineral Wells ane fill up your bottles with natural mineral water 😊
@lanasmith2381 yeah, this is great for the residents here! Love it!
I have noticed that the 3-in-1s that come individually or in the carton boxes taste better than the 3-in-1s in the bags when comparing the same brand. Are they putting older ones in bags, or is it just my imagination? I have observed this for Nescafe and Jacobs.
@cvt8353 hummmmm, it's a mystery! Honestly, I've only had the individual packets! 🤣
The Little History of Sofia ???
...Established as a settlement in Prehistory, near warm mineral springs, about 8 thousand years ago, over the centuries our city has grown and become an important crossroads between the West and the East, a center of many ethnicities and cultures!!1
@@florakarantinou6176 nice!
Yayyy, Jay looks way younger with less beard🎉
He sure does!
I will be in Sofia, Bulgaria March 6th 2025, I was thinking about wearing a heavy sweater under a spring jacket, and just sturdy sketcher sneakers, I am from New York.
@@conniedean3787 you'll be fine 👍
@@wattstravelingThank you for letting me know ✈️
Good video. good prices.
Thanks for the suggestion 👍
Oh ya, another video!
👍😊 thanks for watching
You know the price of the cheese is for a kilogram, right?
@@DG-pp9nc yes!
Nougat is as Bulgarian as it gets. Don't know how you decided it was Russian
I didn't decide it was Russian i guessed because Google translate wouldn't translate the words from Bulgaria to English so I thought maybe it's another language? 🤣
Why is the water warm? Ok imma head out...
@unAbated. why would I think a drinking and water fill up station would be warm?......okay, byeee 👋
Cereal consumption is not widespread in Bulgaria, and perhaps not in Europe either; it's not a breakfast food that we typically enjoy. Furthermore, Europe's stricter food regulations, concerning chemicals, preservatives, and additives, mean that many products sold in N. America are unavailable here.
I like that! 👍 we don't eat much cereal but it's such a thing in Canada it's crazy. We've been traveling for 3 years in S.E.A it's not a thing there either. 👍
I like that! 👍 we don't eat much cereal but it's such a thing in Canada it's crazy. We've been traveling for 3 years in S.E.A it's not a thing there either. 👍
@wattstraveling I did eat cocoa puffs as a kid, but that's because I lived in the States. 😂
@odalv316 🤣🤣
@@wattstraveling Oh, and one more thing. The hot water's from mineral springs. Bulgaria's number two in Europe for hot springs, after Iceland.
ПРЯСНО МЛЯКО =FRESH MILK , АЙРЯН=YOGURT
@@СтоянАлександров-н4б thank you! 🤣🤣
That's incorrect. Прясно мляко (pronounced Pryasno mlyako) is simply milk or whole milk.
On the other hand, Кисело мляко (pronounced kiselo mlyako) is a traditional Bulgarian yogurt that we as a nation are very proud of. It's unique because of the bacteria in it that's only found in Bulgaria. Unlike the Greek yogurt and what I would typically assume you'd refer to as yogurt, it has a prominent sour taste.
Whereas Айрян (pronounced i-re-an) is a yogurt-based beverage. It's usually made of yogurt and water (so technically it's diluted yogurt). The commercially available ones usually put salt in it too.
@Rio-Brasil wow!
Hello, to choose milk or yoghurt it's good to have a look the percentage - the milk мляко, - can be 1.5%, or 3.5 % . The yoghurt can go up to 10%, so depends how thick you want to be the yoghurt. Same is with the milk.
Enjoy 🎉
You should take the public transport bus number 61 an it will take you straight to the mountain for a nice walk in nature. Just 1,60 lv ticket
Thanks for the suggestion 👍
Hey 👋 love the videos, thought I would leave a comment about real estate. Another Canadian RUclipsr recently moved to live in Bulgaria full time. She did a video on finding a place and the agency she used. Might be worth checking out? Her name is Alina McLeod. Hope this helps and hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Bulgaria 🙂
@dimitardyankov9686 hi there 👋 Yes, I've briefly spoken with Alina. 👍 thanks for watching
Btw Manastirnitsa is way way overrated restaurant i say it because of my bad experience i had and many other people too, they even try to scam u with the bill, next time try Ракета Ракия Бар, or Raketa Rakya Bar, it's my personal favourite one, i recommend the bread with sharena sol and olive oil, chicken wings and maybe zelena salad, and also u can try rakya if u want to❤
Thanks for the recommendation! 👍 sorry you had a bad experience there, we enjoy the food and the staff we very nice. 👍
Hinging up in the historical part of the city witch is propebly 1/50 of the entire territory will show one side as.the side of a tourist.Capitalism in EU is not different from the capitalism in Canada and USA.Most of the Sofia s plazas are copped from USA and made like in the USA witch made them different from the one in western Europe.The are many in Sofia 100st of them all kind of different for everything...And yes the country is poor ,poorest in EU but not so bad compering worldwide.For example a cashier working in Sofia in a non stop 24/7 store for alcohol and cigarettes night shift is making like 120 in USD per night which is not so bad 5 days or $600 per week when a pack of Marlboro cost you $3.5 and here in USA cost $18.one think for sure,having a Canadian Income and living in Bulgaria is best choice in world.
The historical part are Sofia of course is touristy, it was a lot to offer if walking around is something you enjoy, and we do. Some things are on par with the Canada dollar some things are less, but something things are more..... it's a balance. Thanks for watching!
n.p. sorry for the sharp responds.Just videography and camera skills are able to make one place sucks and the same place shine.Well this is not Monaco where 100% is shiny.WE can show have opinion but can we judge?I can make Toronto look like a get o over RUclips just with my phone and Oslo too just for the record...
I'm confused by this statement? But I think all places have "Shiney" and not so "'Shiney" parts (much like Toronto) it that will give certain feelings or opinions. This was our experience in the neighborhood where we are staying, how it comes cross is up to the person watching.
Unfortunately the comunists demolished the old Sofia train station in the 70"out of jelous it iwas piece of art,you can Google old Sofia central train station and you will see it, it is just from another world beautiful......the station survived bombings and demolishing it is double crime,cause most of the Sofia downtown was bombed brutzlly and churchil had personal reasons,he said we must annihalate Sofia and plant potstos .......he hated us cause we didnt allow the allies to enter and attack from the the souh Balkans the germans
@babiyarnazarismaily6207 yes, there are old pictures in the market that we sawof it back in the day.
Guys you get ghosted at least 3 times a week from all kinds of "professionals" in Sofia . And that comes from a native living more that 40 years abroad but still spending 1/3 of the time in Sofia....
Good to know, and validate 👍
Lidl is the cheapest supermarket. It´s German supermarkt.
German, good to know! 👍 thanks for watching
@@wattstraveling Billa is austrian supermarket. It is expencive. Bulgarian supermarket is CBA. It is also good and the prices are similar to Lidl.
@@yogiaol oh, good to know! Thank you
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@@ЙорданкаНицова yes 👍
We hope you will buy somthing .
@yp.5349 i feel like i buy things every day! 🤣 at all of these places!
@wattstraveling We want to support the bulgarian econoy.
@@yp.5349 we do every day! 👍
You should take the public transport bus number 61 an it will take you straight to the mountain for a nice walk in nature. Just 1,60 lv ticket
@@Night__Air ohhh, that's a great suggestion 👍 thank you