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The script is Cyrillic, and it might be a good idea to learn to read it a little bit, for city and street signs and such.
Hitching is slightly easier in the South because the highway motorway [[Sofia]]-[[Plovdiv]] is a part of the main route from Western and Central Europe to [[Istanbul]]. There are usually many [[TIR]] drivers on this road who are willing to have some company. Do not get surprised if some of them - driving long distances from Western Europe to [[Turkey]], and similar - ask you to take off your shoes when you are in a driver's cabin, or shows you photos of their family, etc. Quite a few drivers who would pick up hitchhikers are those who used to hitchhike themselves back in the socialist regime days. They will often feel nostalgic about the time they spent on the road, and will be happy to share their adventure stories with you, or let you tell them about your trip(s).
Hitchhiking is highly popular in the summer and is so common along the seaside that you can find yourself competing with other hitchhikers. Be aware, also, there are hardly any roads where hitchhiking would be prohibited, and so you might try hitchhiking on Bulgarian "highwaysmotorways", which is most definitely the fastest way to get around.
Hitchhiking is also practiced and known in Bulgarian mountainous areas, especially around the Rhodope Mountains (''Rodopi'', or ''Rodopa'') where there are very few cars but the ones that drive by usually stop.
'''Vocabulary'''
* Hitchhiking - автостоп [av-to-stop]
* Highway Motorway - магистрала [ma-gee-stra-la]
* Petrol station - бензиностанция [ben-zee-no-stan-tsee-ya]
* Ring road - околовръстно (шосе) [o-ko-lo-vrast-no (sho-sse)]
