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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

October 9th - Bulgaria Opens

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Portugal eases its testing rules for British visitors.


Bulgaria opens up to travellers from the UK.


And Singapore says Brits can come back in from 19 October.


Of course this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email. You can sign up at independent.co.uk/newsletters.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Right, birthday party, the big 30th.

0:03.3

Although, is it more like 40th?

0:06.1

Hmm, best go generic.

0:08.0

Something fizzy?

0:09.2

Oh, along with everyone else.

0:10.9

Flowers?

0:11.7

Symbolic of blooming into a new era.

0:14.4

Ugh.

0:15.4

No, come on.

0:16.4

Something more exciting.

0:18.8

Something like.

0:20.8

I'll take a two million red scratch card please.

0:23.8

Add some play with National Lottery Scratch Cards.

0:27.2

Search Dream big, play, small rules and procedures apply.

0:29.1

Players must be 18 or over.

0:32.3

Hello, it's Saturday the 9th of October and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder,

0:36.7

for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent in a slightly noisy central London.

0:46.4

Today, at last, Portugal eases its testing rules for fully vaccinated British visitors.

0:57.5

Bulgaria opens up to travellers from the UK.

1:03.2

And Singapore says Brits can come back in from the 19th of October.

1:08.7

Of course, this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email. You can sign up at independent.co.uk forward slash newsletters.

1:15.4

We have been waiting for weeks to see if Portugal would finally do away with the pre-departure

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