Plovdiv is for lovers (history lovers)

[@bobibest89]

Finally someone who comes to Bulgaria and knows a thing or two about our country.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

I try to do research before I go to the places hahaha I really enjoyed Bulgaria

[@Марта-й7е]

Здравейте! Радвам се, че родният ми град ви е впечатлил и харесал. Искам само да уточня, че кирилицата първо е въведена в средновековна България и след това започва да се ползва в Русия. Първите висши духовници там са българи, макар руснаците да избягват да го казват. Това са научни факти. Благодаря ви и желая успех на канала ви!

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Good to know! Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@ValeriyMamaev-p3v]

@@TravelLordOnLocCyrillic alphabet comes from two Bulgarian orthodox monks called Cyril and Methodius , they were brothers and created the Bulgarian alphabet during medieval times

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

@@ValeriyMamaev-p3v Wow! Thanks for the info! Very interesting!

[@insidethefire3466]

Welcome to our country :) I hope you had a wonderful time :)

[@yakupuysal3808]

I listened to your calm and comfortable speech and Miylo and I subscribed. Best regards from Istanbul.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Haha I appreciate it! My wish came true!

[@Mamaburnze]

So interesting, fun and informative! Nice traveling with you!

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@veselinamalinova2213]

The old town is always quiet and that's exactly what i love about it, it's loud and crowded down in the modern part and super calm up there, there are a few cozy caffees and restaurants but that's it. Next time i recommend you to visit the Bishop's Basilica near the city center center dated from 4th century AD and just below the H&M store at the pedestrian street there is also a part of the Roman Stadium, it's pretty cool to see people shoping clothes above you when you are visiting a roamn stadium. In a few days we will have the East port of Pholipopolis opened for visitors , it dates back 2-4c. AD also very close to the city center.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Thanks for the recommendations! Yeah, I really enjoyed the area I went to because it felt very calm and easy to enjoy. Thanks for watching!

[@JimBurns-q2c]

Great video! Very interesting!!!

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Glad you liked it!

[@putriaja4447]

Nice,

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Thank you!

[@RAHHSUP]

❤

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Thanks for watching!

[@deyankrustev5721]

Your research is outstanding. The detail which your provide makes the videos very educational! Even the ''history'' about the nodding, which may or may not be true as it's only an old folk tale, but a very interesting story. Kudos on the work!

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Thanks! I had to figure out what was going on with the nodding because it was pretty confusing haha

[@DRIVEFROMHOME4K]

❤❤❤

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Thanks for watching!

[@CyrilNathanMorris]

TravelPectopaht! Keep it up!🎉😊

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

That’s all I know how to do hahaha thanks for watching!

[@mertonaligor]

Love the narrative and trivia details 🙏🏻 please keep it up

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Will do! Thanks for watching these!

[@mertonaligor]

@@finduko çok doğru bir tespit. Teşekkür ederim düzeltme için

[@finduko]

@@mertonaligor geri dönüşünüz için sağolun. Ben ilk yazdığımı sildim bildiriniz gelince. Esen kalın 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@nikpen2921]

Miraculously it works. Greetings from Plovdiv))))

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

I’m not sure what you’re referring to but I’m happy to hear it! Hahaha greetings!

[@nikpen2921]

@@TravelLordOnLoc Somewhere in the middle of the video You whispered to a copper statue that you wish everybody watching this, to subscribe... So it worked)))

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

@@nikpen2921 Hahaha glad to hear it! I'll tell the statue next time I'm back over there

[@finduko]

Had you not made videos for a while?! Missed your tours. Looks like an interesting place; didnt know it was the oldest in Europe! No-yes story is wild!

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

I had this one for months and finally posted it. The videos I’ve been putting out lately are from East Asia

[@finduko]

@@TravelLordOnLoc weird they haven't shown up in my feed. Should visit your channel periodically. My favorite video of yours was an east Asian one---the durian one. I still don't get how easily you eat the local food everywhere, without hesitation, and you enjoy almost all of it which means you've got a very...wide? Varied? Developed? Can't think of the adjective but your palate is that adjective....

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

@@finduko Hahaha well I lived in Asia for a while before so I got used to some of the weird foods

[@SuperElborbah]

👍

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Thank you!

[@Butcherbg]

That was one of the better Plovdiv Bulgaria videos I have seen and I have seen ~plenty. Like most of them this also gravitated around exactly one and the same areas and topics yet it still was presented "deviating" from the template enough to not be one to one repeat like and thus boring. Also the video quality was awesome. Something about the capabilities of the device itself + the weather (or it`s light specifically) made it for frame by frame "sights" that are rear to see even if exactly the same things are seen trough one`s own eyes. I can state that with certainty, because I've grown up and lived around those central and popular areas and I've got to see them all countless times trough nearly all possible variations in conditions. Now I live in one of he further communist blocks residential areas (as people jokingly call them in the "Balkans" related videos copy/pastes) and I also work, so if I have to go see those places I will have to intentionally organize it as "mini trip" rather than it being part of my literal natural daily routes. Argh, whatever. I just wanna state it one more time "very well presented video".

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Very much appreciated! I’m always trying to find ways to improve but happy to hear you enjoyed it and liked the quality. Thanks!

[@babiyarnazarismaily6207]

Actually the city of plovdiv was originaly named philipopolis,by the father of aleksander the great- philip of macedon arround the 4-3rd century b.c. later romans came and they build the theatre

[@vilimihova8773]

Филипополис не е първото му име. Първото му име е Пулпудева. Било е нещо като село когато е дошъл Филип 2 и го е развил и съответно го е прекръстил

[@babiyarnazarismaily6207]

@@vilimihova8773 AZ iskah da kaja che ne e krasten filipopolis ot rimlianite,a ot na sando makedoncheto 😃bashta my,shtoto vav klipa taka prozvucha ,kato che rimlianite sa go krastili taka🤔😉

[@kalinxristov1654]

A funny legend is the one with the shaking of the head and the Ottomans. However, this habit has been here since the time of the Thracians. Or as the Roman poet Ovid said about the Getae, "no matter how they nod to you, you still cannot understand them" :)

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Interesting! Nice quote! I like the story too whether it’s true or not haha

[@DalechOtGrada]

8:00 It works! I just did it 👍🏻😁

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Nice! Very much appreciated!

[@lalita701024]

Hi, I like your video. Just FIY, Philipopolis is the name when Philip of Macedonia was there, even if it is not sure if he have ever visited it. In roman time the town is called Trimontium because oof the 3 hills.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Oh thanks for the info! I’ll look into that. Also thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ValeriyMamaev-p3v]

I only subscribed because of mylo. Honest to God

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Mylo! What a guy! Thanks for subscribing!

[@99PercentPractice]

Pectopaht sounds delicious!

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

It was delicious!

[@finduko]

Pectopaht is awesome --sorry i can't find my prior comments to reply under them.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

No worries! I think it’s fun to say

[@alexanderkorolov8264]

Oh, you can't use lowercase letters. This only works in capitals.

[@finduko]

@@alexanderkorolov8264 Here lemme fix it pektopat All lowercase, uding Turkish letters (phonetic language---sorry--fanetik leğenguğic). So not CYRILLIC at all 😃

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

@@alexanderkorolov8264 Ah interesting! Didn't realize that

[@finduko]

...offering me flyers...of course I didn't take any, i can't vote! (Cut) i took some flyers.... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

I’m glad you liked the transition there haha

[@ninakoleva4932]

😄Dear boy, I couldn't understand how, out of so many Bulgarian restaurants, you sat in the only restaurant where Turkish feasts are offered, because the owners are Turkish... hahaha... Anyway. Let me tell you at least that you drink Bulgarian mino!!! The history of this wine is interesting, because the recipe is handed down only from father to son and no one else knows it - Asenovgradski Mavrud has many gold medals won at various wine fairs all over the world.

[@ninakoleva4932]

Dear boy, my city of Plovdiv is located not on three, but on seven hills, but these three have given it one of its names over the centuries - Trimontsium. You visited some of the streets of the Old Town, which is a living city with the status of a museum. This means that no new modern homes can be built there, only the old stone painted houses can be reconstructed and modernized from the inside. You should know that for 500 years (the time when Bulgaria was under Turkish slavery) this city was the capital of our country. The richest Bulgarians lived there at that time and it ended when, by order of the USSR, the capital of Bulgaria move to Sofia. This is done with the aim that if the Turks attack us again, the Russian troops will have time to come to our aid. You visited the Ancient Theater, which was built by Philip of Macedon, because this city bore his name for many years and was called Philippopolis. As I suppose you know, Philip IS THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER OF MACEDON

[@ivas615]

Just a note, Bulgaria was not an occupied country in WWII and thus was not liberated by the USSR. It had declared war against Nazi Germany when the Soviet army invaded. This is why people want to remove the Alyosha monument.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Yeah, I think I worded that wrong. Thanks for the info!

[@СтанкаАндреева-о3н]

Четете, момиче, повече четете и мислете, ако можете вече.. И история не се пипа, тя е такава, каквато е!!

[@TheAnnitoo]

Прочетете хубаво историята, защото пишете глупост.

[@TheAnnitoo]

​@@TravelLordOnLocWhat the lady wrote is wrong. None of the people in Bulgaria who know their history want to remove this monument. In general, we Bulgarians are very connected to Russia, and no matter how much some external forces try to change our historical memory, they will not be able to.

[@ivas615]

Not really wanting to incite internet arguments. However, the lady has looked at actual historical documents from the time, documenting the Soviet occupation in 1944. Those times are well documented and the only Soviet soldiers who have died in Bulgaria at the time died due to alcohol poisoning in a village near Burgas. Meanwhile, they stole, murdered and assaulted women and kids... The relationship between Bulgaria and Russia is old and notable. We've given the Kievan Rus the alphabet and they in turn gave it and our shared religion to the Moscowy. The Russian empire later played big brother to all the Slavic people under Ottoman rule. It pushed and pulled support, as it saw fit for its own position on the European stage. For example it withdrew support from the Serbian liberation movement several times, resulting in the loss of many lives directly. And a slow down in liberation movements around the Balkans. Of course, we need to acknowledge that you can't help others when you can't help yourself and it can be argued that they needed to do so... Thus acknowledging that The Russian Empire helped the Balkan liberation movements due to political gain and not Slavic solidarity. It is indisputable that Russia or the USSR has: - prevented the newly created state in 1878 from having all lands that had a majority Bulgarian population and instead negotiating for it to be split in two, with some lands lost, where one of the parts was still under Ottoman rule - agreed that all outstanding debts of the Ottoman empire would be paid by the Bulgarian nation - vehemently objected to the unification of the two Bulgarian states and was ready to invade - after WWII, they had many ethnic Bulgarians who had fled Russia after the revolution and settled here put on vessels that are presumed lost at sea. While on could argue it was an accident, those people were naturalized Bulgarian citizens who were effectively kidnapped and set on a course for the gulags - again after WWII, stole all gold from the gold reserves and had it expulsed to Moscow. Forced Bulgaria to sell rose oil and other agricultural goods to the USSR at below market prices that caused the subsequent economical issues of the country Those are undeniable historical facts, based on actual historical documents and not propaganda textbooks.

[@ninakoleva4932]

Dear boy, we Bulgaria gave the ALPHABET to all the Slavic peoples of this world! The brothers Cyril and Methodius wrote it and their students spread it throughout the Slavic peoples of the world. Russians write and read exactly in this alphabet of ours!!! Every year on MAY 24 we celebrate one of our brightest holidays - the day of the alphabet, of educators, of all students and students. Here is a link to the performance of the anthem on this holiday. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGnOdJeoap2Kbck

[@johnnypincher1756]

Bulgaria was founded by Bulgarians, not by Thracians or Slavs. I'm Bulgarian, I'm not Thracian or Slav. Cheers ::::)))))) P.S. The Thracians disappeared a long time ago,so the wine you are drinking is certainly Bulgarian. xD

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Yeah hahaha I say it’s Bulgarian wine. It was very good!

[@lilinik7714]

Bulgarians are Thracians! And in 18th century Russians created the Slavic fake story.

[@ninakoleva4932]

Dear boy, I am glad that you liked my city. But I will be even more happy if you first read something from our history and only then comment on it. Now I will explain to you who Alyosha is and why he is a symbolic war monument. In 1944, Ukraine was one of the republics of the USSR, and many Bulgarians have been living there since the collapse of our Bulgarian state, called Volga Bulgaria. In fact, the Bulgarians came to our present country right from there, led by Khan Asparuh, and on the land of today's Bulgaria together with Thracians and Slavs formed the new country in 681 AD. . Again there in Ukraine in the village of Malaya Pereschepina is the grave of the Great Bulgarian Khan Kubrat. When the USSR set out to liberate Bulgaria from the Hitler regime, it sent the Third Ukrainian Front here and it fought together with the First Bulgarian Army to Berlin after sweeping the fascists from our territory. A Ukrainian soldier served as the prototype of this monument, who is actually of Bulgarian origin.That's why we will never destroy this monument. It shows that regardless of where a Bulgarian lives, she remains Bulgarian by blood and spirit and will always come to the aid of her brother!! You should know that there are 70 million Bulgarians in the world today.

[@AL-grhvc]

1:55 sounds like the ultimate communism vs. capitalism there, bulgarians should do better lol ..or they can just say it's the Alyoša from The Brothers Karamazov, he was a kind character.. :P 5:53 and there is a similar stadium in Aphrodisias ancient city in Aegean Türkiye.. Plovdiv looks interesting, thank you for the tour with great information 💯

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

I’m glad you liked it! In a previous episode about Sophia I showed a monument to the Red Army and it has already been taken down. I’ve seen that this Alyosha statue also is closer being taken down too. Plovdiv is an interesting city to visit. It was just a few hours on a night bus from Plovdiv to Istanbul

[@AL-grhvc]

@@TravelLordOnLoc yes I think I saw that video too.. then I should definitely take a ride from İstanbul to Plovdiv, thank you✨

[@yordan.traykov]

… to „liberate“ Bulgaria? To occupy Bulgaria for almost half a century.

[@EuropanMind]

Not the PEKTOPATH :D

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

It was a good one!

[@dogewow8999]

Alyosha is a fictional persona depicting a soviet soldier. The red army liberated Bulgaria from the remaining Nazis.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Yeah it’s pretty interesting. I wonder if they’ll keep it up because they took down the monument to the red army in Sophia already

[@dragozhekovdragov8377]

Това е лъжа . Червената армия не е освобождавала България . Напротив тя е окупатор 😢

[@odalv316]

I understand that the monument may hold significance for some, but it is important to remember that the USSR did not liberate Bulgaria. Bulgaria was aligned with Germany during World War II, but it maintained a neutral stance and did not actively participate in the conflict against the USSR or provide assistance to Germany. It is understandable that choosing between Stalin and Hitler was a difficult decision. Our king did what he could to keep us out of the war. Overall, it was an invasion, not a liberation.

[@dwartbg1]

​@odalv316 You summarized it absolutely perfectly! In simpler words - Bulgarians just had no choice, it was impossible to remain neutral when all the big powers were standing at your front door.

[@babiyarnazarismaily6207]

It was not needed for Bulgaria to be liberated in a first place,there were several, tens of thousands of nazi soldiers on our territory and our army was half a million atleast,later when we were forced to switch sides our army defeated numerous ss devisions....the red army occupied Bulgaria and was 6 million strong it was forcefully taken(the power)by the comunists,who were brutally oppressed by the tzar police in our country and had thoughts of revenge .....much of the Bulgaria's elite,doctors architects,engineers etc were murdered .(more than 30 000 people) and if you have a factory or beautiful house it was confiscated and ugly comunist activists without second grade education entered your home..this is not a liberation but enslavement,ask any body normal person in bulgaria

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

I appreciate the information. I just was giving a general background on the statue, but it’s nice to get your perspective also! There’s always more to consider

[@sasho888prm]

The main monument in the Burgas Center square is also Alyosha and there's one in Ruse as well. They're respectively Bulgaria's 4th and 5th largest cities. So that's at least 3 Alyoshas in Bulgaria. I hope they keep them as they are part of history. It's not like Bulgaria doesn't have monuments and statues of their own heroes, tsars and founders - it has in every town. But the idea of sticking a coke bottle on that hill is just horrible. The monument in Sofia that was taken down, half the country was against its removal, so was I. Communism was a part of the history and the wars were real. I hope the mayor of Plovdiv has a good head on his shoulders.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

Yes obviously I’m not from there but it’s interesting to think about removing statues because of modern ideas. It happens a lot in the USA also. I just try to explain what’s happening or what I’m hearing

[@jordan9339]

@@TravelLordOnLoc It's not about modern ideas. russia didn't freed Bulgaria from nothing at the end of WWII. After that, many people were killed and sent in labor camps. Much more than in Nazi Germany. Bulgaria wasn't a puppet state of Germany before that. It took no role in the war although it was Nazi Germany ally and saved around 50000 Jews that were living in Bulgaria, although Hitler wanted them deported. After 44-th it became USSR puppet state. Alyosha monument and monuments like that were propaganda tools.

[@TravelLordOnLoc]

@@jordan9339 So you'd like to see them taken down?

[@hipositive]

Absolutly,we cannot keep something that is propagading a fucked up ideology that is proved in time that just does not work,and marks one of the darkest periods of our modern history... It is existential need for Plovdiv and Bulgaria to get rid our of this pilgrimage burden, once and for all! Good video!