Sofia, Bulgaria
10/03/2009 - We ended up getting a night train from Istanbul to Sofia. We did this because we wanted to take advantage of our time, so we figured we might as well get some sleep while we were traveling. We also figured we could save some money by not having to get a hostel/hotel for the night. It was actually fairly expensive for the train tickets. I found that on the Eurorail website they don't provide much information on train tickets for this part of Eastern Europe. The most useful one that I found was http://www.seat61.com/
We left on the train at 10pm from Istanbul and we got in our cabin which had 3 beds stacked like bunks on one side and then a tiny little sink. There isn't much room to move and the beds are fairly short for people that are taller but overall they aren't too bad. If you are a light sleeper then an overnight train might not be a good idea since they move around quite a bit and they are not extremely quiet. Although if you take some ear plugs then you might be alright. My mistake this time was we opened the window to get some air flow since it was fairly nice out but, we fell asleep with the window open and it rained, since I was on the bottom bunk I woke up with wet feet that were a little bit chilly. We did have to get off the train once in the night which I think was a border crossing but, I was half asleep, so I'm not exactly sure what it was. I do remember they had everyone unboard, they checked some documentation, and then we reboarded.
We arrived in Sofia at 10:35am, at which time we decided to go out & see some of the city. We grabbed a city map and started off by foot. It was a somewhat gloomy, chilly, rainy day which might have curbbed our enthusiasm to do too much and we also arrived on a Sunday which it seemed like the city was a ghost town. We did manage to find a market of clothes, everyday items that was open in the street and wandered through it. Then we headed to a few of the sites. We went and saw Aleksander Nevski Cathedral
10/03/2009 - We ended up getting a night train from Istanbul to Sofia. We did this because we wanted to take advantage of our time, so we figured we might as well get some sleep while we were traveling. We also figured we could save some money by not having to get a hostel/hotel for the night. It was actually fairly expensive for the train tickets. I found that on the Eurorail website they don't provide much information on train tickets for this part of Eastern Europe. The most useful one that I found was http://www.seat61.com/
We left on the train at 10pm from Istanbul and we got in our cabin which had 3 beds stacked like bunks on one side and then a tiny little sink. There isn't much room to move and the beds are fairly short for people that are taller but overall they aren't too bad. If you are a light sleeper then an overnight train might not be a good idea since they move around quite a bit and they are not extremely quiet. Although if you take some ear plugs then you might be alright. My mistake this time was we opened the window to get some air flow since it was fairly nice out but, we fell asleep with the window open and it rained, since I was on the bottom bunk I woke up with wet feet that were a little bit chilly. We did have to get off the train once in the night which I think was a border crossing but, I was half asleep, so I'm not exactly sure what it was. I do remember they had everyone unboard, they checked some documentation, and then we reboarded.
We arrived in Sofia at 10:35am, at which time we decided to go out & see some of the city. We grabbed a city map and started off by foot. It was a somewhat gloomy, chilly, rainy day which might have curbbed our enthusiasm to do too much and we also arrived on a Sunday which it seemed like the city was a ghost town. We did manage to find a market of clothes, everyday items that was open in the street and wandered through it. Then we headed to a few of the sites. We went and saw Aleksander Nevski Cathedral
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