Georgia 2010: RS - BG

Getting to Sofia was not that easy, took quite a lot of time and waiting on the road but finally I was there at about 5. Last time I visited Sofia I got the impression it's grey and dirty, people don't speak any languages and they're not friendly at all. I was about to confirm it. I met with my host Zenya and we went out to spend some time in the city with another couchsurfer Steffen from Germany. We sat near Iva Vazov theatre. It turned out to be a great place - quite a lot of people meeting there in the evenings just drinking and chatting. After some time Yvonne from Germany and Pooja from Iran joined us - just from the street. That was nice (the fact they joined us and they themselves) :) They came with us to Zenya's place. That day I went to sleep at 5 and at 6 I was supposed to get up. This time Bulgaria seemed to be completely different country. After 1 hour of sleeping I left the flat and headed to Rila mountains. Spent there 3 days hiking. Climbed highest peak of Bugaria mt. Musala (2925 metres). Quite easy but still nice training before Georgia where I'm hoping to climb mt. Kazbegi. (over 5000 m). Last day slept in the tent at 2300 m near Fish Lake. After that saw once again the Rila Monastery. Once again it was raining like hell and didn't make any nice pics. Came back to Sofia hitchhiking. Right now sitting in Zenya's flat where the rock band of her boyfriend is having a repetition :) Tomorrow heading to Istanbul! Never been to a muslim country so for sure it will be nice experience. Allah akbar, whatever.. try to write somethin' in few days. Cheers!