If you're looking for a European destination where it's fun being the only American around,

then today's edition of Travel with Rick Steves is just for you.

Hi, I'm Rick Steves, and coming up in the hour ahead,

prepare to be thoroughly charmed by an entrepreneurial guide from

Sophia Bulgaria.

Luba Boyanen is bursting with pride for her homeland.

She's here to let us in on the adventures you can find in Bulgaria, where powerful cultures have

intersected in the Balkan Peninsula for centuries.

The stuffed pepper is, it's a symbol of Bulgaria probably.

And to help us observe Earth Day, photographer James Martin joins us to describe the treacherous places he tracked to get amazing photographs of some of the world's most dramatic ice formations.

He uses his camera to document the importance of icy environments like

glaciers and permafrost, not just for wildlife, but for the sake of the planet we all call

home. From down to Earth Bulgaria to the power of a glacier. It's just ahead on

Travel with Rick Steve's.

You may recognize our first guest today on Travel with Rick Steveves from an interview we did with her a couple years ago.

Back then, we got a surprisingly good phone line to her office in Bulgaria.

Today, Luba Boyanen joins us in our studio on her first visit to the United States.

She's here to tell us about the many surprises Bulgaria has in store for visitors and how you can best experience them.

And later in the hour, nature photographer James Martin

describes the humbling beauty and power of ice in its many shapes and colors.

He tracked to remote icy corners of the world from Antarctica to the Andes and Himalayas,

all to illustrate why it's so important to reverse the rapid disintegration of glaciers and polar Ice. I've long had a personal fascination with Bulgaria. Part of it is because I traveled there so many times back in the Cold War and it's this

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