My visit to Bulgaria changed entirely my perception about this country, says in an interview for Radio Bulgaria Canadian video journalist Simon Gardner. Mr Gardner works as a news reporter at CBC Canada in Ottawa, covering corruption, crime and municipal policies. Simon Gardner learned about Bulgaria and its picturesque nature from photographs on the Internet. However, the overall perception of the Canadian journalist and of many Canadian nationals was of a grim, dark and gloomy place…….until the moment he arrived in Bulgaria when all negative perceptions changed with wonderful impressions:
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