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There are less than 8 million people in the whole of Bulgaria which gives a lot of room to nature and wildlife

Banks and offices usually work with clients from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Most shops are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and many work around the clock.
Bulgarian holidays
January 1 - New Year
March 3 - Bulgaria's Liberation
April - Easter
May 1 - Labour Day
May 24 - The Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and the Slavonic Script
December 25 - Christmas

The Bulgarian local time for UK residents is GMT + 2 HOURS

In changing money it is useful to think of around 3 BG leva = £1, or 2 leva = 1 euro.
100 stotinki equal 1 Leva. Carry some as in a lot of places you pay to use the toiletta (about 20-40 stotinki)
Bulgarians shake their heads from the left to the right to express "YES". However, this stands for "NO" in the rest of the world.

All electrical appliances work on ~ 220V. 

Don’t be surprised if in villages you see a donkey or horse pulling a cart! This is a usual sight in many Bulgarian villages 

Don’t miss the chance to have a “banichka” (pastry), “boza”(sweet drink) or “airiyn” (yoghourt drink) for breakfast…more about what you should try to taste can be read on page number 4. 

Bulgarians breed and eat rabbits, they don’t keep them as pets!

In smaller villages Dogs are kept to guard property and cats to catch mice.

Villagers breed many different kind of animals, so chickens, geese, ducks, goats, pigs and sheep are owned by them and kept in their back gardens. Some still have a donkey or two! The village women are aso experts in bottling fruit and vegetables and making wine and rakia (local brandy).

Everyone including the villagers will try to understand you even though they do not speak your native language! You can communicate by shaking hands, drawing pictures etc but if you turn to page number 3 you could try to learn some of the most useful words and phrases.

Most small villages will have a shop and maybe a small bar. Most try to have a library/cultural hall (chitalishte).

When you get to know a female person well, you can kiss them 3 times on the cheeks.

Give odd numbers of flowers as a gift and try to avoid yellow. Chocolates and branded sprits are good too.

A lot of the Bulgarian population still smoke and even do so in between courses at dinner.

Many village houses have a toilet outside in the garden which will have established fruit and nut tree's, a vegetable plot and maybe a vineyard.
A wood burning stove (kamina) heats most of the village houses in winter.

People in Bulgaria are usually kind and generous and if you live in a village, they will give you as gifts, natural produce including eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts, honey and home made wine or local home made “rakia” , similar to brandy.

Most places still prefer cash and you can only pay with credit cards in larger towns in the bigger shops, but there are banks and excha