Bulgaria for beginners

Maps of bulgaria sold in the UK show the placenames in both Bulgarian (Cyrillic) and English.

A Bulgarian Phrase Book and Dictionary

We bought our copy from Stanford's map shop in Covent Garden in London, England. You can also look on Amazon and Ebay. I like ebay because you sometimes get a range of options and the possibility of a bargain if you are not in a hurry. Ebay is a UK new and second hand goods and buy now or online auction.

Cyrillic Alphabet

Created by Cyril and his brother, a couple of priests. Their alphabet has a lot in common with the Rusian alphabet. A bit of Greek, a bit of Hebrew.

Duolingo, the free online language learning website, doesn't have Bulgarian. However, it does have Russian.

Bulgaria - where?

Bulgaria is south of Romania. Bulgaria has an East coast on the sea with popular beaches.

Capital - Sophia

We used to muddle up Romania and Bulgaria.  The capital of Romania is Bucharest. the capital of Bulgaria is Sophia.

Another great city is Plovdiv.

Bulagarian Flag
Three equal horizontal bands, white on top, green middle, then red.

Useful Websites

Wikitravel - the old wiki travel with advertisements added, which can be handy if you are ready to buy.

Wikivoyage - the old people from wiki I believe sold off Wikitravel then decided to return to the original idea of a guide without advertising. 

Tripadvisor

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.