Tag: Vitosha

31st May 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria – The Golden Period in My Life

by Sarah Lampert Sarah Lampert was Third (later Second) Secretary Political in Sofia from 1991 to 1994. Her memories of Bulgaria are of the challenging time of transition between the old guard and the old way of doing things, and the new, but also of the relaxed and sunny atmosphere in Sofia, the stunning Bulgarian […]

11th March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria

by British Embassy Sofia

The Bulgarian Mountains

by Ian Stewart Ian Stewart was Director of British Council Bulgaria from 2002 to 2007. Before taking the position, together with his wife Ann they spent four intensive weeks in the heat of Varna learning Bulgarian, rocked to “sleep” by all-night wedding celebrations and Techno festivals. They left Bulgaria in one cold grey morning in December 2007 […]