Plovdiv is a beautiful city. The old city has old ancient Roman ruins and a 2,000 year old still functioning amphitheatre. The new city is much like Sofia, only less crowded and less dirty and they have stray cats more than stray dogs. Both cities have both, but cats seem to rule in the Old City anyway.
The old city is funny- its very much designed for tourism, much more so that Sofia, but it is clear that tourism here is small and relatively new- people don't seem to hate tourists and the streets, cathedrals and museums are mostly crowded with Bulgarians.
The hostel is alright. The actual building is much nicer than the art hostel- smaller, cleaner, newer... but it is filled will snotty travelers who only go to high rated hostels and love shopping and being pretentious. Maybe that's just who is here right now. Art Hostel is much more laid back and friendly. The people who work here are nice- I've been talking to them mostly. Also, the hostel cat here is much less friendly than my chai.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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