Mystical Rila Monastery - Dobarsko, Bulgaria (how to reach rila monastery, rila monastry, flirt)

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Rila mountains, Bulgaria by TravelPod blogger Technotrekker. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Mystical Rila Monastery "After a couple of restful days in Veliko Tarnovo, lovely Mila of the Hiker’s Hostel at which I was staying organised a day trip out of Sofia to the hard-to-reach Rila Monastery, then put me on a bus late in the afternoon so I'd make my date the next day. With a forlorn look in her eye she waved me goodbye. What a gal - thanks for all your help mate! The French comedy subtitled in Bulgarian on the box looked funny but all I could do was admire more sweeping forest vistas out of the bus window for the easy three hour journey. When checking in to the Art Hostel in Sofia I picked up another wayward traveller who was trying to find her own way out to Rila. Praveen the Kiwi liked the sound of a 15 Euro door-to-door day out so after adding her to the list we ended up at a Bulgarian folk restaurant eating wild boar sausages (not so great), having the 'Sights v People' travel debate and having my palm read. 'Ahhh... so that isn't my Life Line that's brutally cut in half - it's my Head Line instead huh?' Well, a lobotomy does sound much better than a premature death. Phew. Next day we almost missed the car but Boris the driver (probably not his real name) wasn't particularly worried. Rila wasn't going anywhere as it had been in the same location since the 10th century AD but as we sped through ...

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