It is not possible for a 21st Century visitor to understand Bulgaria any better than did the Soviets or the Turks or earlier civilizations that played through over the centuries.
Bulgaria confounds understanding. This is largely because to the outlander it is abrupt in so many ways: abrupt terrain, abrupt language, abrupt politics, abrupt discrimination, abrupt infrastructure, abrupt commercial and legal dealings with the world.
The premature welcoming of Bulgaria to the European Union and the unintended consequences are tales told serially elsewhere. Critics ask whether Bulgaria is at all European in character, a question as easily asked about the United Kingdom.
Later posts may provoke readers to seek understanding of Bulgaria elsewhere. Here vignettes and reflections cannot correctly or completely describe Bulgaria.
Bulgaria confounds understanding. This is largely because to the outlander it is abrupt in so many ways: abrupt terrain, abrupt language, abrupt politics, abrupt discrimination, abrupt infrastructure, abrupt commercial and legal dealings with the world.
The premature welcoming of Bulgaria to the European Union and the unintended consequences are tales told serially elsewhere. Critics ask whether Bulgaria is at all European in character, a question as easily asked about the United Kingdom.
Later posts may provoke readers to seek understanding of Bulgaria elsewhere. Here vignettes and reflections cannot correctly or completely describe Bulgaria.
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