Plovdiv Research Paper

Plovdiv is one of the most ancient cities in Europe. Its history dates as far back as 4000BC. It’s known that Athens is the oldest city, but Plovdiv is even older. In February 2015 when there were holidays in Bulgaria I decided to use a chance and go to Plovdiv with my friends. It was 5:50 am and half an hour till the bus leaves from the station. Blagoevgrad was dark and peaceful. Only street lights with their yellow light gave an opportunity to see objects a few meters ahead. The city was asleep, and so were we. Suddenly, the phone rang. It was my friend’s boyfriend. He wanted to make sure were awake and ready to go. I’m still thankful to him for that call. If it wasn’t for him, we would have stayed in Blagoevgrad for the rest of the day. It took us 15 minutes to get ready and run out of the dormitory; 10 more minutes we spent to reach the bus station. Tired of running towards the bus, we got inside and exhaled with relief. It was definitely a great beginning of our trip. The best was yet to come. The hostel we had chosen was in the center of the city. The manager of the hostel was very friendly …show more content…
When I left the shop I couldn’t believe that this story had a happy ending despite the loss of money which is nothing compared to other accidents which have even worse subsequences. You can always find a way to earn expand your income. But what about an internal state? A theft, probably, felt a temporary pleasure from stealing money. I, on the contrary, had a mixture of emotions: sadness, anger, desperation. Usually I try to think rationally, calmly, in a coolheaded way. In this situation it took me some time to make up my mind. However, negative experience teaches us a lot. It gives an opportunity to think of human nature, about how imperfect it is; it makes us act more accurate and responsible. I will never forget the trip to Plovdiv and will always remember a lesson I learnt being