tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20810230.post1993365603251534508..comments2024-03-28T07:13:04.509-04:00Comments on <center>John & Sun-Ling <br>Wander the Earth</center>: Plovdivjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16229963702961511828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20810230.post-71961045386487709252014-06-04T15:02:09.915-04:002014-06-04T15:02:09.915-04:00@Charles, so good to hear from you! Finally decomp...@Charles, so good to hear from you! Finally decompressed from your travels?! We thought the area around Plovdiv train station was pleasant enough. Maybe all the leaves on the tree made the difference.<br /><br />Ditto on the gambling shops. A guy in Romania said to us that the only football fans are gambling fans. In certain parts of China there are a lot of gambling mahjong games. Someone explained to me that one either has real economic opportunities (run their own business, has a job, ...) or hopes to get rich the quick way.Sun-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698854617881648602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20810230.post-59563064856488090592014-06-03T22:08:09.437-04:002014-06-03T22:08:09.437-04:00I really liked Plovdiv also, although when I first...I really liked Plovdiv also, although when I first arrived there and saw the area around the train station, I thought it looked like a dump with lots of dodgy looking businesses. Why do so many former Eastern Bloc countries have gambling shops everywhere?<br /><br />The train I took from Sofia to Plovdiv was over an hour late leaving Sofia and I remember some guy who looked like a heroin addict wandering up and down the corridor selling magazines before we left.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331568036801292129noreply@blogger.com