Imanuel Marcus

"Shaken, not stirred". This is how drivers usually feel in Bulgaria, because of those terrible roads all over the country, including in the capital Sofia. Even some of the new roads are deeply rutted. Counting their potholes would take centuries. I expected to leave those roads behind, when I embarked on my car trip from Sofia to Berlin on…

Driving down the national highway no. 99 from Bulgaria's port city of Burgas towards the south feels good to anyone living in Sofia. It means the boring part of…