Window to Bulgaria

Early on in my service, I was told a joke by another Peace Corps volunteer who was at the end of his service. The joke went something like t...

Ракия (Rakia). Bulgarian moonshine. Firewater. White lightning. Whatever you call it, it’s the lifeblood of Bulgaria. It brings people toget...

“How do Bulgarians pass the time?” is a common question I’ve received from friends and family who have never visited Bulgaria. As is the cas...

The Balkan Mountains  (Стара планина in Bulgarian, which literally means Old Mountains) run from the Serbian border straight through the hea...

Other than a couple trips to  Банско (Bansko), I really hadn't seen much of the Пирин (Pirin Mountains) until this summer. And then fo...