Bansko is a growing mountain resort with a current population of around 12,000 permanent residents.
Bulgaria has a population of 8.9 million people and is located in the southeastern corner of Europe, sharing borders with Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey.
The majority of Bulgarians speak the Slavic language which has similarities to the Russian language.
Signs, menus, etc are mostly in the Cyrillic alphabet though you'll see some signs in the Roman alphabet.