Exploring Plovdiv: Maybe the Best City in Bulgaria

[@fff5081]

Absolutely wonderful video! One of the best ones I've seen on this city.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Thank you so much! I wish that I had more time to spend in this wonderful place.

[@em-tek]

I a Plovdiv resident, I find your video as: correct, well explained, and fun to watch. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

That is so kind of you to say! I am glad that I got it right.

[@Popchev]

Born and raised in Plovdiv and i found this video perfect. For the short 2 days in the city you captured the feeling and the vibe this city gives. I hope in the future you will have another chance to visit. Perfect tour.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Thank you for the kind words! It makes me so happy to hear that my videos are well received by the people who live in the places that I visit.

[@andromeda-p8b]

The narration, the video footage, the information- everything is just top quality. You are good!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

That is so nice of you to say! I do my best to do justice to each location that I visit.

[@vaniad555]

You did an amazing job describing our town, thank you for doing so!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

I appreciate that! I thought Plovdiv was just amazing!

[@NizanZahavi]

It was fun seeing you in action and talking to you. Keep having fun and creating amazing videos.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

So glad that you liked the video! It's difficult to do justice to a place when I am there for such a short period of time. Thank you for helping with that! It was great talking with you and I appreciate you watching this and some of my other videos.

[@desned]

What a beautiful and informative video! Thank you.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

I am humbled by your comments! I was hoping to create something that would come close to capturing a sense of the city.

[@Some_kind_of_wonderfü]

Fantastic presentation 🙌

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

That is such a nice thing for you to say! Thank you for watching and for commenting! It means a lot.

[@asparug2030]

Very professional, loved every single piece of this video👏👏👏!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

That makes me so happy! Thank you!

[@ivayola]

awesome job, Plovdiv is the most beautiful city of Bulgaria indeed!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Thank you so much! I know there are probably many more spectacular places, but Plovdiv has to be near the top!

[@РосенСаръмов]

Great job!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Thank you so much!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Lovely video - great place.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

So glad that you liked the video and I agree that Plovdiv is a great place!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

you're welcome @@oldaloneandfarfromhome

[@pastapi7939]

Great VDO, thank you so much. I’m planing to visit Bulgaria next February and your VDO is a good start for me.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

You are welcome! Plovdiv was my favorite place in Bulgaria!

[@raffaelloschirinzi2072]

It looks beautiful !

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

It was a tremendous place!

[@wendywagner-w9k]

Thank you so much for the best content. I will be in Plovdiv in April. This was very informative and helpful.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

You are so welcome! You are going to love Plovdiv!

[@KryptonianMustard]

I saw your video on Mount Dora. It is really cool that you have managed to make videos of the place I used to live in a year ago: Plovdiv, and also Mount Dora near where I live now in the span of a month 🎉 Love your content! Keep up the good work.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

What are the chances of that happening? I loved both Mount Dora and Plovdiv!

[@KryptonianMustard]

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome haha pretty low I might say. Agree, lovely places!

[@DimitarUzunov81]

Wow! This is one of the best videos about Plovdiv in this platform. You summarize all the major landmarks in the city with very good resume about them. Only thing that I can add is relating with Alyosha. It's quite controversial monument, because not a single soviet soldier has been died here (well, there was a few, who have died due to methyl alcohol poisoning in Bourgas, but they were warned by local man, who they eventually kill). So basically this is symbol of occupation and dark ages of communism. Greetings and you are welcome back!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

It is awesome to read your comments. Thank you very much! Plovdiv is one of my favorites of all the places that I have visited. I regret not spending more time there, but it does give me an excuse for making a return trip. I appreciate you taking the time to watch and to leave a comment!

[@klimatvarna3898]

6:45 this is also a part of the forum, the present day post office is built in the middle.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Thank you so much! As I said in the video, that's what I thought, but it is nice to have it confirmed.

[@infocyde2024]

I did a mock sword fight on the main stage on the amphitheater. I love Plovdiv :)

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

That had to be such a cool experience!

[@Butcherbg]

I watch a lot of Bulgarian visitors videos (I forgot the word for them... those travelling channel people) Than I rarely, if at all, I watch them once outside of Bulgaria. Might seem very narrow minded (probably because it is) But I genuinely do not care about stuffs/specifics/whatever about other countries. Not because I am some sort of "super patriot" and I only ~like my country (that is quite far from it actually) but because I am that ~small of a being. I just don`t have it in me to even pretend I care... Like I don`t hate it when I see or hear something... But there are tons of equally real things, that impress and entertain me a ton more, within this world. Why do I watch videos like this one than? Well because one of those things that are interesting to me is what opinions of various people are of things ~some of which I have seen, over, and over and over again ~and I mean in reality. Because for me my own opinions about abroad are unimportant, let alone other people`s perspective. But since I do have some ~thoughts and ideas about "my" dear old Bulgaria... Seeing how other see it... interests me. Now of course for Plovdiv for example (and Sofia) out of probably by now 35++ Videos I have seen >of different people< about 90% of their content was like Copy/Pasted of itself. But still the difference in the peoples themselves gave enough ~nuance for it to be worth it. Most of those videos I actually like... I mean every single one of those people... alone or couples are striving to make likable videos to have high viewership. Some videos I've liked more, some less... Yours I liked. For an old guy you seemed very lively. Very little of the younger people, for example... had Hills Footage... what is lacking the most is "The Rolling Channel" (I am not sure if that`s even how it`s "known" in English) But it`s not a pedestrian destination either. This town is in need of someone that seriously have nothing better to do and have resource, EU viable driver`s license and knowhow how to rent a car. Than this person should go and make and share impressions of no Tourist locations. Like I am fully well aware people are living in residential areas of large towns/cities everywhere around the world and some of them, especially in the former Soviet Block are incredibly alike... But if you are showing a town... show where it`s people actually live and state what you think of it. I've only seen that on some Russian lady that for some reason seems to be living here. Also there was this guy from France that lived in Bulgaria for like a few months while making video about the town he lived in. I actually wrote him in my sincere desire to give him a full tour around town ~on my time and fuel expense... but in the very last moment he declined. Might have been for good, might have been for bad. I probably would have horribly embarrassed myself and draw a lot of hate of town and country mates. Also my personal vehicle supports exactly 0 hygiene, if not negative values of that. Now I no longer care enough for such stuffs... my life changed too much... I can claim it`s on a small surge, but it`s too ~unstable and unsecure to be enjoyed, there are some very, very horrible perspectives in not nearly distant enough future. That French guy kind of clicked. I could have, on his cam, given a piece of my mind... (which most would call immature, unwanted, if not straight up stupid, the regrettable part is that there is no way for them to be convinced they are wrong, and even if there was it wouldn`t have done em any good... There is no good left, you have to learn to live with things as they are and call >them< good... even if they aren`t :( and that is to live against your own mind, which takes a lot of energy and/or eventually you break... I guess life isn`t for those that can`t do that.) Anyways this went too far :P. I probably will check your Sofia videos as well. P.S. Kudos to my English speaking country mates, good job for their guest starring on your video.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

I so appreciate you watching my video. I can tell you are passionate about your country. It is always my hope that people who live in the places that I am visiting only briefly, will say that I treated the subject matter fairly.

[@SJ-ks3bk]

On November 5, 1957, the Monument to the Soviet Army, better known as "Alyosha", was unveiled in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. It is the most famous monument in memory of the liberation of Bulgaria by Soviet soldiers from the Nazi invaders. In September 1944, the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front entered Bulgarian territory. The Bulgarian army did not offer resistance. An uprising began in Sofia, which overthrew the Nazi government. The Bulgarians greeted the Soviet soldiers-liberators with flowers. The idea to erect the monument came to the residents of Plovdiv in 1948.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

I so appreciate you adding this bit of history! It has helped me and I am sure that it will be beneficial to other viewers, as well!

[@heatherstephenson4371]

But the real question is did you rub the statue's leg?

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Never got around to doing that. Oh well, wouldn't want to change the name of the channel, anyway!

[@Марта-й7е]

Радвам се, че моят роден град ви е харесал. Поздравления за прекрасното видео! Вече съм ваш абонат и с удоволствие ще следя пътешествията ви. Искам само да уточня, че нито един съветски войник не е бил убит в България. Има десетина войници, които са починали вследствие на рани, получени при други сражения, които са извън територията на страната ни. Мисля, че паметникът на Альоша трябва да се демонтира и позиционира на друго място като образец на монументалното изкуство през тази епоха. Комунистическият режим беше е тъмен и недемократичен период от нашата история. Паметникът не следва да е символ на руската армия, която окупира България. Днес тя превзема Украйна.

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Благодаря ви много за вашите обмислени коментари и урока по история, който ми предоставихте. Прекарвайки съвсем малко време в Пловдив и България, няма да се преструвам, че разбирам от политика. Оценявам, че гледате и сте абонат!

[@Марта-й7е]

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome Благодаря за обратната връзка. Щастливи и вълнуващи пътешествия ви желая! Добре дошли отново в България. Сърдечно

[@SJ-ks3bk]

Като модел за „Альоша” българският скулптор В. Радославов използва снимка на съветския фронтов разузнавач, участник в освобождението на България Алексей Иванович Скурлатов. Самият Скурлатов научава, че именно той е станал прототип на известния паметник едва през 1974 г., когато един от Българската съпротива М. Витанов решава да си намери другар по оръжие и изпраща призив към бившите военновременни сигналисти до списание „Огоньок“. с молба за помощ в намирането на истинския Альоша.

[@Pantora10]

Such ignorance is just unbelievable! Filippopolis is a city named after Filippos (king of ancient Makedonia) who first built it. In the theater, you see the Greek inscriptions. Why don't you say it? The Romans came many years later. Say history right or don't say anything!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

This is from the theater's website: "The ancient theater of Philippopolis is among the best preserved ancient theaters in the world and among the main tourist attractions of Plovdiv. It was built during the time of the Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Trajan (98 - 117 AD). and was discovered during archaeological excavations from 1968 to 1979 by the Plovdiv Archaeological Museum."

[@jesusmanuel580]

Може ли да си толкоз див и невъзпитан балкански субект?!Ако те е яд,че си жив,не си го изкарвай на човека,който се е постарал все пак нещо да направи съобразно възможностите си!!Доколкото изгледах материалът,той не претендира,че е експерт по история или нещо подобно!Така,че не си изливайте злобата и лошото възпитание върху нищо не подозиращи,добронамерени чужденци,които ни правят безплатна реклама!!

[@Rai-Bulgaria]

Plovdiv is 8000 years old, older than Greece. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities#Europe

[@SJ-ks3bk]

The city was called Evmolpija when in 342 BC was conquered by Philip II of Macedonia, who renamed the city Filippopolis.

[@1916-w1d]

You are wrong, change the title...

[@music76628]

The land stolen from thr romans hahahahaaaa

[@aryaprincess2479]

That is a Greek city not Roman.

[@toninaika-l2u]

great video!

[@oldaloneandfarfromhome]

Thank you! I loved Plovdiv!