Change is constant in a progressive country (Benjamin Disraeli)

I live in Holland, a country well known for its tulips, windmills and wooden shoes. (OK OK.... and its soft drugs.)

Less well known, but just as annoying as a bunch of 2-days old tulips hanging around on your table, is the lack of space in the area of and near The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Utrecht. It looks like all available space must be occupied by small, noisy houses, bigger shops and even bigger offices.

Little Green, little Peace.

In the province of Limburg (near the German border), thank God, things are different.
I now live in a 5-room house with garage. In front of the house, there is a big, green playground for kids and on a 5 minutes walk a lovely park.


No windmills, no wooden shoes and we all prefer roses to tulips. One day you must go there to see for yourself.

Only very few people know that the First Bulgarian Empire covered most of the Balkans, and spread its alphabet, literature and culture among Eastern Europeans. Centuries later, the country suffered under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries.

In 1878, Bulgaria became a constitutional monarchy again.
Everybody should know that after World War II Bulgaria became a communist state and part of the Eastern Bloc. In 1989 the Wall fell and in 1990, the Communist party gave up its monopoly on power. Bulgaria became a democracy and the market was freed. In 2004 it joined NATO and 3 years later the European Union.

Bulgaria has a population of approximately 7 million.
After a decade, Bulgaria's income from international tourism has grown. It attracts close to 7 million visitors yearly.
Wait a minute.... 7 Million....
Was not that also the country's population?

Bulgaria has changed. One day you must go there to see for yourself.