A Klek News Today

We know a thing by its opposite. Hot Means Nothing without cold, and since im traveling the world to explore the nature of happiness and my own struggles to find it, i decide to visit an unhappy place. And if im going to do unhappy, i want somewhere that does it with panache and takes pride in its wallowing, somewhere full of beautiful expressions like, i dont want to feel good. I just want my neighbor to feel bad. [upbeat acoustic music] welcome to bulgaria. [nicky blitz blast off] getting too ...

Of this bygone era. take this hobbit hole, for example. its called a klek. hello? which translates to "squat shop." youve got a lot of stuff in there. [chuckles] any bodies? im kidding. youre a cobbler. [speaks bulgarian] during communism, these holes in the wall would have been basements and bomb shelters. nowadays theyre used as everything from coffee shops to, apparently, cobbler dens. can you fix that? ill be back. merci. [mellow acoustic music] bulgarias economy endured incredible change in...