BULGARIA

Mountains, monkish murals, gruff waiters and delicious food. The only thing that made the waiter crack a smile was when I asked him what the chef recommended. “The chef?” he asked, and smiled.

Home to the tallest peak in the Balkans — Musala, higher even than Mount Olympus at 9,596 feet — about one-third of Bulgaria is covered by forests.

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