2015 has arrived, and we in the Bliss household are starting
to make plans for our return to Bulgaria.
Our oldest daughter is frustrated by the fact that almost no one in America knows anything about Bulgaria.
She may be a bit hyperbolic in her commentary on American ignorance, but
she does have a point in that the small country in southeastern Europe that we
call home is not well known in America.
So I’ve decided to share a little something about Bulgaria every week
for the next few months as we count down to our departure.
This week I’m going to start with where Bulgaria is.
This is Europe.
If you look at down to the lower right, you will see Turkey
and Greece. Bulgaria is just to the
north of them. (On this map it is brown.)
Here is a closer map.
As you can see, it borders 5 countries (Romania, Serbia,
Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey) and the Black Sea. This put it on the communist side of the cold
war in the 20th century, and on the Ottoman side of Europe for most
of the 500 years before that.
So now that you know where Bulgaria is, I can tell you more
about it.
Next week.
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