Im in sofia at the moment, again. Since my last blog Ive been to Sofia, a small town east of sofia in Bulgaria, down to thessaloniki and now im back in sofia. Why am I back in sofia? Originally the plan was to head along greece to istanbul, but there are no hostels in greece outside of athens, which would mean a week of hotels which is expensive and boring. (no-one to talk to) So Ive decided to head back up to sofia and check out a bit more of bulgaria. This plac...

I thought I may be time to give another update on my travels, since my last entry Ive been to Romania and im now in Bulgaria. Its peeing it down outside so ive sought refuge in an internet cafe. A couple of days ago I went to Bran castle, aka the home of Dracula. It wasnt quite what I expected. Not nearly as gothic and scary, still it was nice and there was quite a pretty village round it. Plus it was really good weather. Romania itself seems to be trying to be...