Second time visiting Bulgaria as my boyfriend is from here (I'm Lithuanian) and I cannot contain my saddness regarding leaving. We saw so much and visited so many places from beaches to seven river lakes.

You guys have such a gorgeous country with such a wonderful charm. It's so lively and wholesome. I can't believe my holiday is over and I'm gonna miss your country so much.

I guess I just wanted to express my appreciation for all the Bulgarians for contributing to making this country feel so warm and welcoming (btw, the food is amazing and i wish мента was easier to find in other countries). Here's a picture from seven river lakes of a mountain that, to me, looks like a giant gorilla. Have a wonderful day ❣️

by Schizopatheist

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  1. I am glad you liked it here. To be fair, it’s not that easy or great to live here, but if you ever consider it, you should know that in reality, we are like any other country, and nation, ups, downs, corruption, and all that stuff that is everywhere, sadly. If your heart says, though, come join the Bulgarians, I doubt anyone would mind. Maybe learn some Bulgarian too. I hope it’s not a tongue breaker for you, because my partner totally said it is atongue breaker of a language. Stay safe, and go to the beach next time, there are really nice ones. 🙂

  2. I’m happy that you enjoyed your stay so much. Our country is really beautiful with countless places worth visiting. I hope you come back again and have an even greater time! God bless you!

  4. Well stop it good thing is you can come back second time ….

  6. bulgarians are kind of depressive, sceptical and never living in the clouds. we’re probably the southernmost nation who is like this. we’re like the baltics with more sunlight.

  7. Labas!

    Fun fact, which you might already be familiar with (or not): One of modern Lithuania’s “founding fathers” (if I can borrow that American expression), namely Jonas Basanavičius, lived for over two decades in Bulgaria and even acquired Bulgarian citizenship. He was also the first to propose the idea that the Lithuanians/Balts and the ancient Thracians might have been related, which is sort of the leading theory even to this day (the categorization of Thracian is debatable, but it finds the strongest connections precisely with the Baltic languages; some modern scholars like Harvey Mayer suggest classifying Dacian and Thracian as “Southern Baltoidic”). I can’t say if our people are really related in that way, but I also know a Lithuanian girl (who’s also in love with Bulgaria), according to whom both Bulgarian and Lithuanian polyphonic folk singing share some unique traits which seem to be missing in other folklore traditions in the region. So, who knows, there might really be a deep, ancient connection there…

    P.S. According to St. Paisius of Hilendar, our Tsar Simeon the Great was called “Simeon Labas”. No one knows where that “Labas” came from (the older sources don’t mention it), though Paisius also suggests the Bulgarians (as all Slavs) were originally “Skandavlani” who had settled by the Baltic Sea before eventually moving here, so… fun little “connection” there (especially if you imagine the tsar presenting himself as “[I’m] Simeon. Hi!” so often that it becomes his second name).

  8. Next time u need to visit Rhodopes its amazing !

  9. I was just about to say “That’s a view from the 7 Lakes hut”

  12. I had no idea that the Baltic states are **that** flat.

    At first I thought “WTF, Lithuania has an even lower population density than Bulgaria. It should have plenty of wild land. Then I jumped to Google Maps, switched to Terrain mode, and it was like “wait, it’s not working, why isn’t it drawing any contour lines” 🙂

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