There are some things that I have learned about Bulgaria recently. First of all - always ask - how much will some things cost. Even (and especially) for those things that are supposed to be free:
* 7 Euros for nothing. For that foundation's bank charged them something when they received my payment. Of course, I had to pay also % to my bank for this transaction that is normal, but they want us to pay also that % that bank charges on their side. It was even up to 80 Euros for some other participants.
* Restaurant charged us for bread and water that was on table but that we didn't order (but of course used as we thought that it was free) And some guys paid really huge sum for their meal (around 25 Euros), just because they were not careful and didn't check the prices in menu.
* Taxi drivers are great. Price for the same distance varies from 6 to 25 Levas. Depending how much you look like a foreigner.
* In restaurant "fully paid dinner" if you ask if you can have water or some other drink and waiters answer "sure", you should check if that is also included in "fully paid diner" or you have to pay extra for that.
* In clubs you can have to pay for entrance but never even get in if you don't have id (even if organizers said they would take care of that). Yeah, and that all happens when we have waited more than 1 hour outside the club when it was supposed to be open already long time ago especially for our event.
And there are some other - perfectly legal things that made this week "special"
* 15 Euros dinner - for water, wine (which I don't drink) and small snacks.
* We had to eat sandwiches for lunch every day. All week.
And the worst part of it is that it all is just legal. You can't say much against it, if you are not smart enough, you have to pay.
Will this list be continued? There is only 1 day left. What else can happen during this day? :)
To be just, there are also many nice things about Bulgaria. But those - for some other time. Now I just wanted to express my shock about not-nice part.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Far far away
Today I arrived in Sofia. It seems nice... and hot. +30C. Though in LV it was similar, even it feels better here.
I'm quite happy that my PC still works. I put it in one bag with cookies. Cookies were smashed and now they are everywhere in my bag and also inside computer.
Yesterday Prague was nice, though I was too tired to walk a lot, just visited old town. Metro was nice (something we don't have in Riga - nice to experience how you can get so fast from one point to other). And now I understand that metro system quite good (after trying to walk to hotel but taking wrong direction and having to use metro again).
City - there are old buildings - sometimes you just have to say "wow", but it didn't feel like a nice place to live. Yes, I have to admit that I saw just a little piece of what Prague has to offer.
Today it was interesting, in plane I met one person from New Zealand, he is playing in Christian band and now was going to concert in Sofia. Pity that concert is on day we have conference, I would love to visit it. Anyway it was nice to talk and find out some things about New Zealand.
Later I met Christina (however it is spelled) - another participant of this conference. She is from Denmark but has traveled a lot and lived for 2 years in Australia. Now I know that they keep lizards there in Australia - because snakes are afraid of lizards, it makes life there a bit safer.
I'm quite happy that my PC still works. I put it in one bag with cookies. Cookies were smashed and now they are everywhere in my bag and also inside computer.
Yesterday Prague was nice, though I was too tired to walk a lot, just visited old town. Metro was nice (something we don't have in Riga - nice to experience how you can get so fast from one point to other). And now I understand that metro system quite good (after trying to walk to hotel but taking wrong direction and having to use metro again).
City - there are old buildings - sometimes you just have to say "wow", but it didn't feel like a nice place to live. Yes, I have to admit that I saw just a little piece of what Prague has to offer.
Today it was interesting, in plane I met one person from New Zealand, he is playing in Christian band and now was going to concert in Sofia. Pity that concert is on day we have conference, I would love to visit it. Anyway it was nice to talk and find out some things about New Zealand.
Later I met Christina (however it is spelled) - another participant of this conference. She is from Denmark but has traveled a lot and lived for 2 years in Australia. Now I know that they keep lizards there in Australia - because snakes are afraid of lizards, it makes life there a bit safer.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Mērenā klimata josla
Kurš izdomāja šo nosaukt par mēreno klimata joslu, ja Latvijā ziemā ir -24C, bet vasarā +34C?
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