Bulgaria in 1989 was far more open than Albania, Romania or East Germany, but still posed challenges for visitors. Procuring soft drinks was one of them. Tourists from Western Europe travelling behind the Iron Curtain before its fall in 1989 could...
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One of the joys of life in most parts of emerging Europe has long been a guaranteed white Christmas. Not this year. The vast majority of the region has recently...
With the first snows of the winter having already fallen across emerging Europe, many people’s thoughts would have already turned to winter holidays, and to skiing...
It’s the footwear which gives them away. Sandals, trainers, sometimes even flip-flops. It’s why Romanians call them pantofari, not an easy word to translate...
