This was the last real day of the holiday as the next day we were starting the journey home.
The distance from Plovdiv to Sofia wasn't far so so we looked for a side trip on the way and found the ski town of Borovets. It was a lot cooler there but also fairly quiet, we walked around town a little and then found a restaurant for lunch. We can see that the place would be very busy in winter as it's geared towards snow and skiing, presumably a lot cheaper than skiing back home.
We drove back to Sofia on a modern four lane freeway, at one point we saw a horse and cart passing on a bridge overhead, Bulgaria is still hanging onto some of its old traditions.
We arrived at the Best Western not far from Sofia airport, the rental car company came to pick up the car and also reimbursed us for the broken windshield wiper. The hotel was really nice accommodation at Bulgarian prices (about AUD$100 for the night), so a nice place to finish our Eastern European trip.
The distance from Plovdiv to Sofia wasn't far so so we looked for a side trip on the way and found the ski town of Borovets. It was a lot cooler there but also fairly quiet, we walked around town a little and then found a restaurant for lunch. We can see that the place would be very busy in winter as it's geared towards snow and skiing, presumably a lot cheaper than skiing back home.
We arrived at the Best Western not far from Sofia airport, the rental car company came to pick up the car and also reimbursed us for the broken windshield wiper. The hotel was really nice accommodation at Bulgarian prices (about AUD$100 for the night), so a nice place to finish our Eastern European trip.
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