10 WAYS TO FIGHT OSTALGIA
Living under Communism had some good points, but did they outweigh the daily struggle?
ISKAR GORGE
Outstanding vistas less than an hour's drive from Sofia
JOHN ROWAN
Ireland's man in Sofia
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You have a plenty of reasons to organise a conference or a team building in Bulgaria 
The idea for a museum of military history dates from the time of the First World War. One of the army commanders, General Pravoslav Tenev, saw an opportunity to collect the artefacts scattered all over Bulgaria, held by the regiments and exhibited in regional museums. The army headquarters agreed, and promised rewards to those who cooperated – and penalties to those who tried to hide them.
In 1981, Bulgaria was awash with the megalomaniacal preparations for the celebration of the 1,300th anniversary of its foundation. The BKP wanted to show that Bulgaria was not only an ancient but also a Socialist country. 
Strange as it may sound, you can still find clean and peaceful beaches where you can place your towel on the sand without thug-like security guards putting the squeeze on you to hire a lounger or a parasol for 25 leva.
Sozopol has been transformed over the past few years. The quiet town that became famous in the 1970s as a Bohemian place has turned into an enclave.
There was a time in its recent history when Bulgaria was marketed as the "Country of Roses." But another title would have had the same, or even greater, success: "Country of Eccentrics."
Bubi could not say whether he had jumped under the wheels of that car on purpose. The grief-stricken family attributed his death to the tragedy that had happened a few days earlier, on 22 September 1921.
The landscape that rolls by the window is only half of your encounter with Bulgaria. The other half takes place inside the train itself, in your compartment. 
It is one of the most important events in the local calendar, for which the Kalofer residents prepare for days in advance and rehash it throughout the entire year.
Slivarovo became part of the most strictly guarded part of the Strandzha, the whole of which was now declared a border zone. Even local residents needed permits to leave the area. Rumours about the few people who managed to escape across the border were drowned in propaganda: The Turks, it said, would kidnap Bulgarians foolish enough to wander too close to the border. 
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