Romania and Bulgaria are two neighbouring nations with a shared history but also a fair amount of differences. The most notable being that the Romanian language hails from Latin, and so they write using the same alphabet that we do, while Bulgarians are Slavic and use the Cyrillic alphabet. But the two nations both came under the thumb of Communism in the 20th century and, today, are flourishing cities of brutalist architecture that hides a bustling art scene, a wonderful food scene, and a fascinating history. It’s easy to get from Sofia to Bucharest[...]
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