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See some pictures of a very colourful monastery in the Bulgarian mountains.
Communicating was not even difficult and soon the only other option appeared to be staying in a private home. This is what I did. After staying nearly 8 weeks in the late summer and autumn of Zimbabwe, I stayed again a few days in Sofia. Upon arrival, tired of the long flight with the same stops, I longed for a bed. The customes officer made me sign a document but when I tried to go through, he stopped me. To make a long story short, I had just signed a document in which I declared that I had nothing to declare while I still had some Bulgarian money on me, worth around US$ 15. After some calculations I had to pay around US$ 250 (cash) for punishment of this crime. The only alternative was going to a Bulgarian jail, the officer told me consolingly.
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