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Bulgaria

WRC – Rally Bulgaria

by Radu Panciuc on July 4, 2010

With 5 days left till the start, the 41st Rally of Bulgaria is more than just a regular stage in the internal championship due to the fact that it has been included in the World Rally Championship. This can only mean world wide renown drivers, super powerful and fast world rally cars, beautiful Bulgarian scenery, [...]

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First Investment Bank Are Doing It Wrong

by Radu Panciuc on March 16, 2010

My relationship with First Investment Bank goes back 1 year and a half. I first started using their services when I got a debit card and the respective current account. After a while, I decided to go for Online Banking, since I have monthly payments to make and, as I figured it out at that [...]

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Losing my car’s virginity

by Radu Panciuc on October 26, 2009

The incident happened around 100 meters after the exit of Zverino village towards Svoge. At the beginning, the road welcomes you with small holes. Even though the prelude is quite long, the intercourse comes fast, hard, and merciless. It is as fast as a split second and after that you’re disappointed. It feels like the [...]

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What do you do when you see a drunk person on the street?

by Radu Panciuc on October 20, 2009

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Ride for Charity

by Radu Panciuc on September 29, 2009

On October 3rd, One Life Charity is organizing its 6th annual charity bicycle ride in Bankya, Bulgaria. According to the information posted on the organization’s site, the route is an 80 km loop (Bankya – Bozhurishte – Breznik – Pernik – Bankya) that starts and finishes in the centre of Bankya. The ride starts at [...]

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Bike photo shoot

by Radu Panciuc on September 28, 2009

Short bike photo shoot in Sofia. Credits go to Madalin. Click on the sides to see other photos.

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Bankya

by Radu Panciuc on September 27, 2009

Nothing compares to a Sunday morning to afternoon bike ride. Today I decided to get out of Sofia and check a bit the small city of Bankya. The town is famous for the mineral springs (saw many people going by car next to the Bankya mineral water plant and taking water) but also for the [...]

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Sofia – Borisova Gradina

by Radu Panciuc on September 13, 2009

The outcome of a Sunday morning bike ride: Bike route 313007 – powered by Bikemap 

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Bulgarians are hypocrites?

by Radu Panciuc on April 28, 2009

Hidden messages in the capital city of Bulgaria – Sofia.  More precisely, the intersection of 2 boulevards – Gotse Delchev and Bulgaria. Second word reads: CRIT (КРИТ) Result: HYPO + CRIT = Hypocrite I wonder who’s behind this. The Talibans? Or maybe the BG secret services?

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Extinct Species – Cop of Sofia

by Radu Panciuc on April 24, 2009

In most of the regions of the planet fauna and flora are being threatened with extinction, major factors being pollution, destruction of natural habitat, and other man-driven-factors. The Cop of Sofia is part of the Bulgarian fauna and it is today’s topic in the “Extinct Species” series. Also known as Streetus Homoretardus, the Cop of [...]

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