Bulgaria - 100 Days and Nights

The Bulgarian Brutalism of Stefka Georgieva

Vito ValentinettiApril 5, 2023

"The architectural brutalism of socialist Bulgaria has two distinct faces – one for the masses and one for the elite. And they are both best embodied by the work of a stubborn female architect with great command of béton brut, expressive construction...

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The Street Art of Sofia, Bulgaria

Vito ValentinettiJanuary 31, 2022

I've spent a good deal of the last five years in Bulgaria, although hardly any of it in Sofia. As always, I try my best to credit the artists, but information can sometimes be scarce. If you can provide a missing name or a correction to a listed a...

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Day #22-23: Borovets? How About More-Ovets?

Vito ValentinettiFebruary 8, 2017

The plan was to spend a few days working in Sofia and start trekking to Romania, but the plan didn't include a sudden storm on its way to Bulgaria. I decided to scrap my plans and head back to Borovets for two perfect days of powder and sun. And sinc...

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Days #14-16: Off-Piste at Borovets

Vito ValentinettiFebruary 1, 2017

After a few days of rest and recuperation in the utterly charming city of Plovdiv, I'm off again, this time to Borovets, one of the three major resorts of Bulgaria. Only a couple hours from Plovdiv (and just an hour south of Sofia), the bus ride flew...

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Days #8-9: Feeling at Home in Bansko, Bulgaria

Vito ValentinettiJanuary 25, 2017

I bought a new snowboard. I couldn't handle the rental gear. It turns out that waiting twenty minutes to pay $15 bucks to use a terribly maintained snowboard is a terrible waste of time and money. I've tried it three times since arriving in Europe...

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Day #5: Hitching and Hiking and Boarding in Bulgaria (Video)

Vito ValentinettiJanuary 22, 2017

Somebody picked up a GoPro for this 100 Days of Winter. Sure, you can read about my adventures at Bezbog right here -- or you can watch me stumble through an amateur travelogue. Or do both! Your choice!...

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Day #5: Hitching and Hiking and Riding Goce Delchev

Vito ValentinettiJanuary 22, 2017

It's eight in the morning and I'm alone on a deserted foggy road. Well, alone except for the police officers. They're sitting in a van and blocking a perfectly good hitch spot. I'm not entirely sure if it's legal to hitch here, but after a small pant...

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Day #3: Return to Vitosha and Off to Bansko

Vito ValentinettiJanuary 17, 2017

5.00 am: I'm woken up by the gentlest of alarms -- my fall-down drunk hostel roommates returning from an all night pub crawl. I'm so excited about going riding that I can't fall back asleep. After a few cups of coffee and a bit of work, I'm off to se...

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The Scene: Dancing in the Sand @ Spirit of Burgas 2015

Vito ValentinettiAugust 27, 2015

I'm ready to head back to the beach and this week found me on the coast of the Black Sea in Bulgaria at the annual Spirit of Burgas Festival. Founded in 2008, this seaside festival used to be run by the city but took last year off and returned in 201...

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