Essential Bulgarian Info

[James]

Ok with the Euro tie on the way, and way too much free time at work, I've decided to go on a Bulgarian fact-finding mission for those going to Bulgaria

So to start off
Bulgarian Top 10

1 BACKSTREET BOYS - I want it that way
2 -1 RICKY MARTIN - livin’ la vida loca
3 BRITNEY SPEARS - sometimes
4 CHER - all or nothing
5 MADONNA - beautiful stranger
6 SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER - kiss me
7 JAMIROQUAI - canned heat
8 RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS - scar tissue
9 SHANKS & BIGFOOT - sweet like chocolate(ruff driverz vocal mix)
10 WILL SMITH - wild wild west

[pete]

Is Bulgaria in a timewarp or something.

That top 10 looks about a year old?

[James]

all the info you need and probably some that you dont
from the excellant CIA website on Bulgaria

CIA site

[James]

eek busted the 10 ten is from 18/06/99..the web-site hadnt been updated...sorry

[Martystapo]

Yer right James ye boy ye, ye have too much free time at work.
Ye wouldn't find out top ten Bulgarian women if there is such a thing.

[pete]

why? looking to snag a bride on your trip over there?

I'm sure James could give you some trips (on what not to do) after scouring Poland, Lithuania & Latvia

[JC_GUFC]

Hmmm... you'd want to watch out - some of my friends from school went skiing over there (skiing is a bit like triiodochloromethane - sorry just a sad joke from Chemistry class!) anyway when they were out on the **** one of them thought he'd scored with a Bulgarian bird, though it turned out that she was looking for money in exchange!

CU
JC

[Gerry Desmond]

In exchange for what?

An away programme for the home programme seems faie enough...

Gerry

[James]

ahhh life is so simple and easy when you work in a library
you lead such a sheltered life

[James]

Currency Bulgarian Lev £1 = 2.483392 Lev's

The Magic of Bulgaria


Magical Places


Bulgarian Travel guide

some great stuff in there

where the fcuk is Lovech

[Gerry Desmond]

If you check that CIA site properly you will find no evidence whatsoever that I have a history of skiing with BULGARIAN women while adding to my impressive Liteks Lovech programme collection.

BTW, you should see some of the babes using the internet facilities here...must see if I can exchange anything with them or even enquire if the are looking for money, in which case I'll call in JC for advice. Oh, balderdash: here comes my wife with her hair in a bun...

Gerry The Sheltered One

[James]

General Information

Location
Bulgaria is situated in Southeast Europe and occupies the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
To the north it borders on Romania, to the west on the Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 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
Temperate 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
8,428,006

Language
Bulgarian.
English, German, French and Russian is spoken in the country's resorts, hotels and restaurants.

Alphabet
Cyrillic. Signs along international motorways, in airports and resorts are also spelled in Roman letters.

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
January 1 - New Year
March 3 - Bulgaria's Liberation from Ottoman rule - the National Day
Easter - one week after the Catholic Easter
May 1 - Labour Day
May 6 - Bulgarian Army Day
May 24 - Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and the Slav Script
September 6 - Bulgaria's Unification
September 22 - Independance Day
December 25-26 - Christmas

Capital
Sofia (pop. 1,141,000)

Large Cities
Plovdiv, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

[Gerry Desmond]

Careful, Scotty, the Revenue will be on....

Gerry

[fosterdollar]

right lads i think thats enough. There's only so much you need to know about the opposition.

[JC_GUFC]

There's never took much info on them - I'm sure they'll all get really insulted if you sing:

"You can shove your machinery & equipment up your arse"

CU
JC

[pete]

Eventhough you seemed to know everthing else about Bulgaria i've given up trying to source those uptodate Bulgarian music charts for ya! Who knows why needed anyways

Even Hungarian fella at work no use. Like hes from Eastern Europe too. Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania...whats the difference....