Post by Jaga on Jun 2, 2007 9:32:50 GMT -7
here is a very nice report from travel to our part of the world:
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2003729278_pucci030.html
SOFIA, Bulgaria — We were in the mood for splurge when I decoded the Cyrillic letters and found the sign for Etno, a basement restaurant in downtown Sofia known for its home cooking and white tablecloth service.
Between the wooden covers of the menu we found our favorite dishes: The "Shopska" salad, a chilled mix of tomatoes, cucumbers and salty white cheese; a platter of roasted eggplant; parsley fritters with yogurt and dill sauce; stuffed bell peppers; and roasted pork.
It was our last night, so my husband and I ordered them all along with a half-liter of Danube wine.
The bill for two was $28, the most we paid for a dinner in three weeks of travel in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
While the weak dollar and strong euro have combined to push up prices in Italy, France, Germany and other parts of Western Europe, pizza and beer money still buys a gourmet meal in the former Soviet-bloc countries that still use old-fashioned currencies such as the forint (Hungary), the lei (Romania) and the lev (Bulgaria).
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please check the article for cost of the most basic services there:
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2003729278_pucci030.html
SOFIA, Bulgaria — We were in the mood for splurge when I decoded the Cyrillic letters and found the sign for Etno, a basement restaurant in downtown Sofia known for its home cooking and white tablecloth service.
Between the wooden covers of the menu we found our favorite dishes: The "Shopska" salad, a chilled mix of tomatoes, cucumbers and salty white cheese; a platter of roasted eggplant; parsley fritters with yogurt and dill sauce; stuffed bell peppers; and roasted pork.
It was our last night, so my husband and I ordered them all along with a half-liter of Danube wine.
The bill for two was $28, the most we paid for a dinner in three weeks of travel in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
While the weak dollar and strong euro have combined to push up prices in Italy, France, Germany and other parts of Western Europe, pizza and beer money still buys a gourmet meal in the former Soviet-bloc countries that still use old-fashioned currencies such as the forint (Hungary), the lei (Romania) and the lev (Bulgaria).
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please check the article for cost of the most basic services there: