Bulgarian Couple Converts Van into Motorhome for European Travel

The son of Ivo Karamanski and his wife Antoanet Pepe have moved into a caravan at Camping Gradina near Sozopol. The couple plans to spend the entire summer on the coast, despite rainy weather in Sofia. They have already visited the rock formation Begliktash.

Volkswagen brought the ID. Buzz back to the United States — complete with a mattress and curtains. A wildfire in Arizona burned down a dozen motorhomes, and Lake Tekir in Turkey flooded just as many. While Ibiza fines illegal campers up to €30,000, a retired couple from Mallorca has been living in 10 m² for five years and saving €1,400 a month. Plus: the largest campsite in the US at 607 pitches, a closed naturist beach on the North Sea, and Dolby Atmos in a trailer — all in this edition.

Diana and Stanislav from Bulgaria, after working in England, decided to leave their routine life behind and built their own home on wheels. They covered over 15,000 km in four months, visiting dozens of locations across Europe. Norway left the strongest impression, where they witnessed the Northern Lights. They document their journey on YouTube.

Two fires caused material damage in the Kardzhali region. Around 10:30 AM in the village of Boyno, a caravan caught fire due to a short circuit; it was completely burned, but a nearby building was saved. At 6:50 PM, a fire broke out in a room of a former workshop in Ardino, destroying furniture and computer equipment, with 36 sq m of walls blackened; the building was saved. Both fires were caused by short circuits.

Two fires with material damage occurred in Kardzhali region. Around 10:30 in the village of Boyno, a caravan caught fire due to a short circuit and was completely destroyed, but a nearby building was saved. At 18:50 in Ardino, a room in a former workshop caught fire, also due to a short circuit, destroying furniture and computer equipment and blackening walls.

The mother of the deceased, Ralitsa Asenova, published photos of the camper where three people died near Okolchitsa. The photos show nine holes in the roof hatch, contradicting the prosecution's version of three shots. One projectile remained in the skull of Nikolay Zlatkov. The camper with the bodies of Ivo Kaluchev, Alexander Makulev, and Nikolay Zlatkov was found on February 8, seven days after the deaths of Ivaylo Ivanov, Plamen Statev, and Decho Vasilev at Petrohan.