- For business, punctuality is expected for meetings, arriving to the workplace and deadlines. However for social situations and engagements time is much more fluid and negotiable.
- Dinners in usually take at least a couple of hours, and if it is for a special occasion expect at least 4 hours of eating and drinking.
- When socializing Bulgarians take their time and enjoy the others’ company.
- For buses and trains it is hard to predict in most rural areas. Most of the bus stations have timetables for all the buses, but when the schedule was last updated is unknown. It is better to ask about the times for buses and trains. Also some bus drivers will decide to take a break and pull of the side of the road at a café and enjoy and coffee and cigarette.
- Right now in most urban areas, the buses have GPS systems and they tell you the ETA for the next bus. In large cities the buses schedules are fairly dense (sometimes every 3 minutes but can go up to 15-20 minutes in off hours and low traffic routes).
- Be aware of pickpockets in buses.
- All in all, transportation is becoming more reliable but don’t become angry or shocked if there are delays – it happens.
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