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Where the Hipsters Hang Out in Sofia

For years the weak dollar had people looking to Eastern Europe for affordable travel opportunities. Now that the dollar is on the upswing and oil prices are plummeting, you'd think that cities like Sofia in Bulgaria would fall off the radar. Which might make sense, minus the whole "nobody has any money" part.

So people are probably still looking to go to Sofia - and, just as importantly, they're still looking to find affordable bars and restaurants once they get there.

Sofia has enough overpriced restaurants in the city center to trap tourists aplenty. But the late-night bars where the cool kids congregate are distributed throughout the city's winding roads and alleys. If the latter is more your taste you should make a point of checking out The Apartment.

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Soft Sofia Porn

They're a pretty open-minded mob over in Bulgaria, it seems. You know those handy TV screens that display bus departure times at bus stations? Well, in the evening when the buses in Sofia are few and far between, bus station managers decided that just showing one bus time was way too boring for passengers. So what did they put up? Soft porn films.

We wanted to give the passengers something to take their minds off the cold and to pass the time while waiting for a bus, and there are unlikely to be children around that time of night.

So said station management. Maybe the kiddies are all tucked up in bed, but does everybody waiting for a bus want to watch pornographic videos on giant plasma screens? Heck yes! Apparently the station security guards keep getting told off for standing in front of the screens and forgetting to do patrols. Let's all go catch a bus (or not) in Bulgaria.

[Photo: jonny yen]

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Bulgarian Boy Inspires Epic Catfight

If you're looking for handsome guys on your travels, put Bulgaria on your list. This week in the Bulgarian capital Sofia police were called to deal with a fight over a handsome boy. And we're not talking a conflict between two best girlfriends here, but a brass-knuckles, smashed beer bottle battle between 23 teenage girls.

Twenty-three girls. That's gotta be one especially handsome Bulgarian guy, and we want to know if they're all like that. We figure a trip to this relatively seldom visited part of eastern Europe is more than justified: just be sure you don't take 22 of your friends with you.

[Photo: vonmachene]

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Sofia, So Fresh

Online travel forums are filled with gems, if you have the time to dig for them. Luckily we do the dirty work for you in our somewhat regular Forum Ferreting feature.



Bulgaria: It's on everyone's lips, right? Sofia's a party town, there's cheap skiing, cheap seaside resorts, cheap this, cheap that. It gets difficult to tell what's true and what's travel writing B.S., so once again, we'll dip into the magic that is the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum to educate ourselves on the ins and outs of Bulgarian tourism:

Varna: Varna is well worth a visit in the summer, it's a great city. Lively nightlife, laid back attitude and nice beach. It's also a good place to base yourself to explore the rest of the Black Sea coast. Resorts like Sozopol and Nessebar are very pretty, but packed with tourists in summer and accommodation is pretty hard to find and can be very expensive. Varna is the only place along the coast with youth hostels and the prices (food, drink, taxis etc) are much cheaper than elsewhere as there are not so many Western tourists.

Sofia: I think one of the major problems is that the city doesn't have a central focus for people (and tourists) to congregate. Instead, it has many smaller areas -- parks, squares, etc. -- that take a little more time to see and appreciate. It's also not as pedestrian friendly as some other major cities in the region. And it doesn't have a quaint and historic "old town" like some other Bulgarian (and Eastern European) cities. Since it's the major transit hub for the region, you'll probably be heading to Sofia anyway. For that reason, I'd say it's worth a full day, and perhaps two, depending on how much time you have to travel.

Nessebar: If you will be there when the weather is warm, it is a nice place to go and walk around all the little shops that are there. It is beautiful as well --since it is its own peninsula.

Bulgaria--the next Slovakia? Discuss.

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Sofia's Porn Expo

Here's a little date to pencil in -- this year Bulgaria's capital will be hosting the Eros show, a chance to meet Eastern European porn stars. As the Sofia News Agency reports: "Hungarian seducer GG Steel [pictured] and her Romanian colleague Dea as well as Ginger Devil, Jasmin Rouge and Titus Steel will be among the VIP guests at the Bulgarian show. There would be three Bulgarian stars, whose names are not revealed, that will also join the erotic show." We've never heard of them either, but don't you wish you had something signed by Ginger Devil? The show, which runs from March 22 to 25, is 18 and over.

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