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he current Bulgaria was once part of the Roman Empire. Many ruins of the Roman era remains, particularly along the famous Highway E-5, as elsewhere in Bulgaria, evidence of the settlers and travellers from ancient times can be found. Ancient tombs, stone Roman columns, ruins of Roman baths, Byzantine monasteries, mosques and Turkish dot the landscape. But the invaders passengers and left more than archaeological remains and historical monuments. They left a people accustomed to violence, disease and distress also a large number of legends and superstition.

Today you can still a blue collar beads with a rose pattern buttons that depend on the bonnet of a taxi. These collars, to ward off the “evil eye” once adorned the neck of the horses. In remote villages, Bulgarians still celebrate Saint George’s Day, the feast of the shepherds and the shepherds. On this day, a sheep slain and wine spilled on a good health. When the lamb was eaten, the bones are collected. Half of his burial in an Anthill, so the sheep are as ants, the rest are thrown into the river, so the sheep milk flowing like water.

After centuries before the East, Bulgarians have a little more interested in maintaining relations with the West. Bulgarian trade missions have tried (albeit with little success) to attract foreign investment and capital into the country, and some Western democratic values are the root. Despite these moves, given the historically friendly relations with Russia remains very strong.

Bulgaria has to use more critical Western standards, most notably through an extensive repertoire of watersports, with the same determination has sold as much wine. Besides the large hotels, the spirit of free enterprise, private homes to paying guests in the villages, so unspoiled that it has never been a hotel. Although many hotels tend to believe that the West will only eat “international” life and come with a pale imitation of the local ingredients are excellent, and it is always easier to discover what the local recipes that you can use. At this moment at least, prices are very low.

Bulgaria is an excellent complement to the ski resorts Black Sea, tourist companies go the whole year, but there are many less obvious attractions. The country is rich in ancient times, not only the relics of the Greek Black Sea Trade and outposts of the Roman Empire, but monasteries, where the prisoners really cultivate treatment of the navel.