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Bulgarian border city hails Schengen tourism boom
Bulgarian border city hails Schengen tourism boom
by  AFP

There always used to be a long line of traffic waiting to cross the steel truss Danube Bridge over the river between Giurgiu in Romania and the Bulgarian city of Rousse on the other side. On weekends, a long line of cars with mostly Romanian registration plates crosses the border bridge towards the Bulgarian commercial hub, bringing with them tourists who boost the local economy.

'Slow travel' start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail
'Slow travel' start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail
by  AFP

The crossing may be "a bit choppy", Captain Andrew Simons warns a dozen of his passengers waiting in the French port of Boulogne to cross the Channel with only wind to get them to England. Simons imagined a new mode of cross-Channel transport "offering that experience of the sea to people who are not travelling with a car".

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