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Living under Communism had some good points, but did they outweigh the daily struggle?
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JOHN ROWAN
Ireland's man in Sofia
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have had no bad experiences in my relations with the Bulgarian
peasants. However, collecting research material is not easy because
Bulgarian peasants are suspicious and mistrustful of strangers; they
would often think that your questions disguise a financial reason or
that you are after a treasure trove. Your success in this country will
depend on your familiarity with it as well as your on your ability to
communicate with the simple locals. Very often I would learn the
important things as late as my second or third visit to the same place.
Konstantin Jireček (1854-1918)
Czech historian and traveller in the Balkans
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