Didn’t expect THIS in Bulgaria (First time in Sofia, Bulgaria)
check this out everybody what they've done here is absolutely brilliant so I guess they were digging a Subway Tunnel right here in Sofia Bulgaria sometime in the 2010s and they discovered all of these ruins which are up to nearly 2 000 years old and there are the ruins of an ancient city that stood right here and so what they've done is absolutely brilliant they've left the ruins all around as a sort of open-air Museum there's signs all around telling you a bunch of information about the Roman city and yet they still completed their subway project so you can walk through the ruins and lead you right into their uh underground train line I love the fact that it feels like you're back in time and then you can walk right on a modern train just a brilliant idea way to go Sophia so let's uh explore Sophia for the first time come along with us let's go [Music] yo I really did not expect this in Sofia Bulgaria the whole downtown core you go underground you're in the ruins of a 2000 year old Roman city with video with signage and it's free to enter this is what you go to Greece for or Italy and you pay 85 Euros to enter the museum and in Sofia it's literally amongst the signs of the subway look these Subway signs amongst the Roman ruins Justin great thing they did to preserve it man feel like I should have some beautiful words here for the old the new all right [Music] oh there's a bubble we were just inside this is the building we were looking at from uh from down there just an incredible way to preserve the history right in the downtown core what a nice place to travel so the city Sofia gets its name from Saint Sophia who has a huge statue overlooking a lot of the ruins as well as overlooking a 1000 or so year old church Ivana and I did go inside that particular Church unfortunately no photos and videos allowed but take our word for it Bulgaria or especially Sophia has a lot to offer in terms of Tourism just behind me is a something like 1800 year old building originally built as a as a Roman bath house and now it's uh also a church Ivana and I will go in and check it out although I'm sure no cameras and no videos allowed but let me tell you I think Bulgaria is coming for the same category as Albania which is amazing tourist destination that people don't know about because our time in Albania we were amazed that nobody's going there and so far in the first couple hours of Bulgaria I'm like dude this place should be famous this is an amazing tourist destination so uh with that being said let's keep adventuring and keep exploring downtown Sofia so far so great [Music] all right so from two churches that we were not allowed to film inside although still two churches that I recommend checking out but from those two we had to here which is the largest church in the Balkans and I'm going to nickname this place a photographer's dream because the way they put the road all around the church it's like it has 360 degrees of good sides every side is its good side every angle is its good angle and really wow wow that's our expert analysis for you you look at the church and you say wow definitely are inspiring with the gold roof something very very special so let's go check it out [Music] wow feeling so hot I wonder how they painted top of the ceiling [Music] absolutely beautiful Church you have to pay 10 of local currency 10 Leiva right for the ability to take pictures I think it's absolutely worth it because the photos are stunning and it's really really something special inside and I will say this I'm a little bit surprised with how much English is being spoken that's true not only by the people but even by the sign boards so for example here we are in a beautiful Park there's a sign here about obviously written in Bulgarian but about the exhibition games and science with musical presents an interactive experience written also in English is my point so I'm pretty surprised with how much uh English is being spoken as well as written here in Bulgaria and so like I said good first impressions I like it so far good first impressions it feels like a Hidden Gem for tourism so with that being said let's go eat something good [Music] [Music] tell you what absolutely beautiful day today about 25 degrees with some nice cloud coverage for shade and as we walk around we see tons of nice architecture which is sort of familiar to us because of our time in the Balkans or in Eastern Europe some of the buildings we're sort of familiar with and tons of parks like this with people sitting around even during the day on a weekday you've got the fountain beside me and the benches are full seems like spring has really sprung here in Sofia very relaxing [Music] [Music] tell you what Sophia seems to be a very walkable City because we've been wandering around and we've actually found this beautiful footpath which seems to be Main Street for uh foot traffic here in Sofia and I guess bulgarians like to drink because if you can believe it order five beers and get five shots for free you like vulgar Bonita yeah yeah put this I don't know it looks like boric or something hello speak English sorry okay thank you one bulgur Bonita okay yeah hot yeah and one pizza please they sell beer and they got Stella that's local beer okay okay okay guys I'm gonna choose local beer over the greatest beer in the world which is Stella as We Know this is a indication of my curiosity for Bulgarian beer okay let's try it [Applause] this one is Bulgarian yeah yeah it's good okay okay okay something new thank you thank you thank you bye-bye all right both Groupon go ahead it was kind of like borax actually but I'm sure here in Bulgaria I think they got bored too totally right yeah look s like let's try it it almost looks like a like a Durham donor the shape what's up it's like a wrap but the outside is a bit crispy okay what's the flavor like a crepe the flavor the rice itself it's very like turmeric flavor okay actually it looks turmeric color doesn't it yeah turmeric color but it's good would you say you would use like rice would you say you will eat it again ever I think so yeah I think it's a good meal just for like a fast food kind of thing you know what I mean if you want something quick shop they have pizza or they have kind of like this kind of snacks or borax it's pretty good cheers how's it going so it's very funny that I asked the ladies a good beer she was I mean it's cold weather is hot this makes it good I wouldn't say it's the best beer I ever had but I don't mind it to be clear this street does not appear to be the best street to get traditional Bulgarian food stay tuned for the entire Vlog of traditional Bulgarian food yes the three most top options on here burgers Turkish [Music] Bulgarian food tour yeah let us know what to try guys you know good manageable manageable very nice what do you like to say we don't know okay okay what are your names yes my name is Steve Victor Victor nice to meet you guys okay these lovely kids just came over and said what is the name of your channel we will follow you on YouTube and I said guys be in the video so this is the first time we uh we meet the vloggers yeah it's very exciting and this is the first time I'm gonna be in the YouTube video yes do you learn English at school yeah your English is very good um but I'm learning from YouTube Tick Tock um but Fair yeah okay what would you guys like to do what would you like to be when you grow up I want to I want to be actually uh sniper security fields and I'm even on a I'm going to an event it's called cyber security talks to Bulgaria wow this evening is this evening here amazing Architects wow you guys are superstars man the best thanks for coming up nice to meet you guys can you recommend anything to do I'm tourists my first time here actually we arrived yesterday where are you from Canada Canada we just arrived yesterday what can you recommend um it's a little bit far but it's very beautiful okay you can visit in the car which is a national National culture which is uh across this very good Street Palace of culture okay sounds good are you just these Sofia Sofia okay uh I don't I don't know restaurants to recommend you but there's a lot of Bulgarian restaurants there what's your favorite Bulgarian food yes okay yes very good I will try I will try musaka to go to the Nissan for short for shorter uh be careful because in the grass there are too many bugs because yeah okay thank you yeah so be careful fantastic good one yeah okay the museum there and musaka yes yes we got it thank you you have plenty of time are you just in Sofia or are you going to Justin Sophia okay first time you have a lot of time so you can go to many places yeah thank you thank you kids you're the best thank you for coming thank you for coming no problem good luck good luck guys good luck best wishes thank you you represent Bulgaria very well thank you very good looking at your Channel I want to tell the channel we never told the channel oh the news um let me write for you you'll see yourself oh my gosh hold on oh yeah let me just there we go I only know one language there you go you will see yourself two languages thank you yeah yes I'm actually learning Spanish so wow yeah very good three languages I was learning German and uh Russian but I stopped but I stopped because took her too many things [Music] thank you guys so much thank you guys yo Ivana that was the greatest part of the video the lovely GoPro it's on the table and they saw him and said those guys are YouTubers man yeah they're so smart I'm impressed they spoke so well they speak English better than me he's learning four languages five languages I barely no one oh yeah uh very good yeah okay next up the National Palace of culture as recommended by our new friends who must be the top kids in Bulgaria right now top three kids in Bulgaria uh recommended this place let's go check it out and big thank you to our new friends so helpful and so well spoken kids yeah very good very nice okay let's go check out the National Palace of culture whenever bulgarians build something they always dig a hole nearby underground fountain in something you're right right let's go what do you say Ivana bxoa open and close this being closed bummer okay well maybe we'll do then Ivana Palace is closed let's eat musaka let's honor the kids suggestion as best we can next stop musaka is coming [Music] yeah actually this music is very fitting for the moment yeah oh that rain is coming in man yep the rain is in hello [Music] this one okay how many one two one take away maybe we can eat here it's okay yeah this is [Music] um okay this yeah what do you want to put it maybe okay some bread is good enough who doesn't want bread I tell you what it looks really good doesn't it all the options here look pretty good um go ahead Ivana you can be the first to try the musaka keep in mind since our new friends recommended it must like it well see actually all the food looks good in there you know it looks really good everything look fresh even the meatballs over there I kind of want to try maybe tomorrow the meatballs with the yellow all around them look yummy [Music] looks like a local spot here looks like a local spot full of locals and the food looks kind of homemade really yeah looks like potato with meats and eggs I think it's gonna be good I think it actually it actually looks like it would go really well with hot sauce it's so good Steve really yeah so comfortable comfort food actually the rain started coming down this looks like the right food for the rain doesn't it yeah and it's kind of like oily with tomato sauce amazing the sauce with the potato it just melts in your mouth fantastic so comfortable just like that our new favorite food in Bulgaria I haven't even tried it I haven't even tried it our new favorite food we only tried exactly exactly it's the first one you tried and I've tried none but I can tell it's good right oh it's very good it's very homemade oh maybe it's gonna take up for our dinner we got nothing what I like about the food it's not overly so did you taste the potato you taste beef taste tomato tastes oily but it's not like it's uh it's it's kind of like Familiar Taste but it's very flavorful yes it's very uh you taste the ingredients yeah and you taste the made with love right that's right I got like this stuff I love eggplant my favorite vegetables so so five stars I think eggplant is your favorite vegetable my favorite vegetable every country we go if you find a dish with eggplant you go for it eggplant with stuffed meat I think same thing homemade flavor the food here is amazing yeah don't try everything what a day listen when in doubt ask your local kids you know they know the food oh my gosh it's amazing okay absolutely you cannot wait to try more Bulgarian food so good yeah stay tuned guys stay tuned for an entire Vlog about uh Bulgarian food I think we'll try to find a traditional restaurant you know but all in all really good first impressions amazing Bulgaria it's funny that we had the downtown experience where there was like the ancient ruins in the subway an amazing experience and yet my favorite part of the day was meeting those kids two right the downtown core was 2 000 years old but friendship Is Timeless and also the food is amazing so far first meal in Bulgaria very good all right thanks for watching everybody and special shout out to our new friends yeah very good food okay see you tomorrow thank you thank you thank you yo this food is so good true right holy jumping amazing five stars five stars from six star food this yellow meatball thing super good I think you might see that restaurant in our Vlog again the food is so good simple very flavorful very oily oh my gosh it's super good looking fun it's like right near our Airbnb and the food is amazing succulent
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