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Sorry to hear how frightened you were. I doubt very much whether it was Bulgarian men who approached you. There are groups of refugees on the streets, especially on the main road from Lion Bridge up to Serdika. Bulgarian men have always been nice and polite towards me. Please don’t think Sofia is always like this and have a bad impression of the city.

well - till 15 years after freedom 'PRL' was paying 'CCCP' in natural goods for war reparations. My uncle was crossing keeper at Wrocław PKP and had privately taking notes of every shipment of goods to Russia for those years. So PRL was for them as secondary market to sustain their crippled economy. Hence they were showing how 'good' they were towards us. I recall how management from Amazon was shocked how much we inherited after socialism in public law especially in labor law. At 'PRL' manual worker had better life than any degree higher educated white collar worker in terms of such places like 'Malta', 'holidays under a pear tree', sick leaves etc.

Good vid Mate

Wonderful stadium and thanks for showing the better views

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Greting from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Chrlie❤ Our Home is your Home.Evreone is Welcome .As long at is comes with good feling.Thanks for ❤📹 video . And visit us again if you liked it.

As an Aussie I didn’t know anything about Sofia or Bulgaria so this was very interesting to watch. Thanks for taking us along.

Good on you for keep on keeping on Charlie. That hike/cave area was absolutely stunning.

hope u r well. , are you doing a robot mower update ??

Hi. Bulgarian here. The spring waters place in Sofia where they were filling their bottles its not because we believe this water is healing or whatever. People just go and fill it for free and bring it home to drink instead of buying mineral water from the supermarket. In Rila monastery however there might be some people who believe the water there is healing.

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Nice vlog Charlie. Thank you ☺☺

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Wow what stunning buildings 😊👍thanks Charlie

It feels so wrong to like this video but I'm doing so to add my support from Australia. This was a horrific experience, the thing that stands out to me is your hero, I do so hope that this hasn't permanently shaken your strength and courage. Hugs from Australia Charlie 🙏❤️🇦🇺

The set of bastards, hopefully this didn’t taint the trip too much

Charley, hope you recover soon. Have the courage to continue...i am a lone traveller too and i lost my phone for two hours and know this would be an absolute nightmare for you. I do hope you feel better soon...im over in England so it can happen anywhere...always travel safely...thank you for sharing...no doubt, there are others to take your advise...safe travels honey xxx

Oh my goodness, Charlie. Thank goodness you are ok. I'm glad you shouted "no" and got the attention of that brave person that came to help. Thanks for the reminder to always keep our guard up, especially when we are in unfamiliar territory.

I have heard how unsafe Bulgaria actually is, in fact, they killed a Mexican like a month ago, its very known that is a racist country and unsafe for solo traveler (women), my wife is Bulgarian and she says that even her doesn't feel safe sometimes walking alone around Sofia, whic is the capital.

Bulgarians don't go around in groups looking to mug women. These are "refugees".

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I am not trying to make excuses, but those men could have easily been some refugees which have been quite a issue in certain areas in central Sofia. There are many cases when even Bulgarian women have been abused during day broad light. It is so unfortunate that something like that happened to you. Hope you are all right or will be very soon.

So sorry you had to go through that, it breaks my heart. I too have been taken advantage of, not quite like you did. In Hamelin Bay WA, tiny quiet fishing and holiday spot, it rained so put my pack under cover, 2 hours later after the rain, it was gone, $1000 hiking pack, my boots, batteries, belt and extra clothes, all gone, after much searching and asking if anyone saw anything, it was all gone, no violence, men generally wont go for violence, I would have if I had caught them in the act, they are cowards and prey on women, no offence but going alone is not particularly smart as a woman unfortunately, I never expected to be robbed in a place like Hamelin Bay, had to get a postal bag from the park owner for my tent and what I had left and get a taxi to Augusta where I could get a bus home to Perth, Chin up girl, it is rare

Man that sucks, unfortunately there are some arseholes in this world. The reason you're feeling washed out would be because of the adrenaline that was in your system during the situation has now left and the thing is you feel washed out. It's a normal thing after these sort of things. I dare say your situational awareness will ramp up. Enjoy the rest of your holiday, don't let those idiots take that away from you.

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Oh Charlie, I am so sorry, thank goodness for that lovely guy that was there, right time right place, these scumbags are everywhere, just such a shame wrong place wrong time 😮 Thankfully you have all your possessions and you are ok (as things go) but doesn’t shed good on the city 🌆 Take care xxxxxxxx You are very brave and an inspiration to post this ❤

No need to talk to any four males. You had to avoid reaching them too close. You just had to go the other way and surrpass them from a distance. No need to answer anything so they grab the phone in that time. Just paas by quicly.

Thanks Charlie & good to hear that your home safely but also good that this hasn’t put you off traveling Take care Brian & Jill

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Lesson for rest of live. Cats to hotel and travel with Rob. ❤❤❤ from Poland, Poznań. Maybe tha last save country in UE kolhoz.

21:06 - pyzy is not too taste 🤮

Did you see Cytadela?

11:37 - There are two kind of Stary Browar. One is old Stary Browar (old building). Second is new Stary Browar (nowa część Starego Browaru).

I'm from Bulgaria and I wouldn't say that happens often here. We hear more often about such cases in other parts of Europe. There's an area in Sofia center which I'd avoid as a woman if I'm alone, especially at night. It's Maria Luiza Boulevard / Lion's Bridge area. You can find refugees there. They usually move in groups too. In general I'd say Bulgaria is safe for travel, could've happened anywhere in Europe at higher chances. Hope you are fine now.

feel very sad for you, get home safe and pick yourself up buddy..all my best.

So sad😢 I live in South East London and this is so dengerous area.This kind of crime is very often!!!!! Stay strong!!!

Oh no 😳 I am so sad to hear this, Charlie 🥲 Rob must have been very upset when you told him. I don't blame you for not wanting to leave the hotel again. The main thing is that you are ok. I hope the rest of your trip went well. Take care, Charlie 🥀🥀

The question is if this was a just bad luck or a standard situation. I suppose you can have bad things with the same probability also in London, Paris, Berlin and so on. Treat it as a lessons learnt and keep visiting another undiscovered country. Many greetings from Poland.

Wow sorry to hear that Charlie please don't worry about it I know that it's hard not to. My son was there just a few weeks ago to run in the marathon and he said that it's beautiful there.

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Keep safe Charlie. We are all thinking about your terrible ordeal.

You are brave traveling alone. I am a big Aussie bloke and would not be willing to travel alone unless I was very familiar with the area.

Sorry to hear that Charlie. So please take care

Oh Charlie... I'm so sorry this happened to you. Hearing the emotion in your voice and you trying to keep your tears at bay makes me just want to cry. Hopefully everything is ok now and you're home safely (?) Sending much love always from Sydney x

"Americans" and people from the so-called "West" in general are not liked in the Balkans. To be honest, as a Polish Winged Hussar, I'm also slowly losing patience with the wild, rotten West.

Sending big hugs, That would've been very scary for you. You should be able to walk around with headphones on if you want too so don't apologise for it. They were just bad guys who noticed you on your own more then anything I'd say. Glad a guy nearby came to help. Glad the police were called so it's reported. Sad as woman should be able to travel alone & feel safe. Sending hugs as I said & I'm sure Rob would be there in a heart beat to make sure you ok. ❤

Please cant wait till the next vlog

Hugs Charlie ❤