I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 3.12. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 3 12. Today the amateur traveler talks about

Cyrillic signs, Orthodox churches and the Black Sea as we go to Bulgaria. Welcome to the

I'm going to sit in one more cafe.

I know that I should be heading home,

but maybe not, maybe not to the day.

Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.

Before we go into this week's interview, there is one and only one new story that's

dominating a lot of the travel press this week and that's the sinking of a cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany.

And that'll make a lot of news when a cruise ship with over 4,000 people on it strikes a rock in a area that has been

navigated for many, many years.

They're still searching for survivors and they're still searching for the truth in this story.

The two most bizarre stories that may or may not turn out to be true is one as the

captain is claiming he didn't abandon ship he accidentally fell into a lifeboat and the

other one is that the possible cause of the accident is that he pulled close to the shore so the headwaiter could

wave at his family.

For links to the details on that story, check out the show notes at amateur traveler.com.

I'd like to welcome the show Craig Zabranski who's coming to us from

State Adventurous.com and come to talk to us about Bulgaria. Craig welcome to

the show. Thanks it's great to be here.

Now, Bulgaria is probably not real high on a lot of people's list.

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