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The first Bulgarian state was recognized in 681 A.D. and was a mixture of Slavs and Bulgars. Several years later, the First Bulgarian Kingdom emerged!
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Bulgaria.
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General Information:
Location: Bulgaria is situated in Southeast Europe and occupies the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. To the west it borders on the Republic of Macedonia, to the north on Romania and the Serbia and Monte Negro, to the east on the Black Sea, to the south on Greece and to the southeast on Turkey's European part.
Area: 111.000 sq km.
Relief: Extremely varied: large plains and lowlands, low and high mountains, valleys and lovely gorges.
Climate: Continental with clearly marked four seasons. A Mediterranean influence is felt in the country's southern regions. The average annual temperature is 10.5 C. The average January temperature is around O C. Average summer temperatures rarely exceed 30 C.
Population: over 8,400,000
Language: Bulgarian. English, German, French and Russian is spoken in the country's resorts, hotels and restaurants.
Alphabet: Cyrillic
Religion: 86.6% of the population is Eastern Orthodox, 13% are Muslims. The Bulgarian Church is autonomous and headed by a Patriarch.
State government: Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic.
Official holidays: March 3 - Bulgaria's Liberation from Ottoman rule - the National Day Easter - one week after the Catholic Easter May 6 - Bulgarian Army Day May 24 - Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and the Slav Script September 6 - Bulgaria's Unification September 22 - Independence Day December 25-26 - Christmas
The Capital of Bulgaria is Sofia (pop. 1,141,000). Sofia boasts a large orthodox church, synagogue and mosque. This cultural coexistencereflects the genuine and deep respect Bulgarians have for their history of various cultural influences. The motto of Sofai is ‘Ever growing , never old’.
Large Cities: Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse
Bulgarian cuisine
Gourmets have long since esteemed the merits of Bulgarian cuisine with the verdict that it is tasty, spicy and varied, appealing to one and all. Indeed, who would not like the abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits, juicy meat, grilled or served with piquant sauces, mouth-watering vegetarian dishes, simmered slowly on low heat, the banitsa (cheese pie) which simply melts in your mouth, and famous Bulgarian yogurt? The Bulgarian "culinary" geography abounds in delicious specialties and exotic dishes: Bansko-style kapama (meat and vegetables stewed in an earthenware dish), Rhodope cheverme ( lamb roasted on a spit over an open fire), Thracian katmi ( a special type of pancake) and Dobroudjanska banitsa, Danube fish soup and Sozopol-style mussels. The cosy, typically Bulgarian folk-style restaurants will tempt you with Shopska salad and chilled grape brandy, stuffed vine leaves or peppers, kavarma the Miller's Way, monastery-style hotchpotch, moussaka and kebab. The smell of oven-fresh bread rolls is mixed with the fragrance of savoury. Thinly sliced loukanka (flat dry sausage) from Smyadovo, pastarma, feta and yellow cheese are temptingly arranged on ceramic plates. The delicate white wines Dimyat, Misket and Riesling are followed by full reds such as Merlot, Cabernet, Gamza, Pino Noar. Cups of steaming coffee are served with sweet jam.
Meals
Throughout Bulgaria you will find catering establishments of different categories serving different foods: renowned luxury restaurants, taverns which serve national cuisine, restaurants serving foreign cuisine, fast food outlets, pizzerias, numerous cafes and pastry shops, entertainment spots, etc.
Menus are usually printed in both Bulgarian and English. Restaurants stay open from 11a.m. to midnight, but may work round the clock.
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