Bulgaria is a republic in southeastern Europe. The capital and largest city is Sofiya. Bulgarian culture has been influenced successively by Byzantine, Greek, Russian, and Western cultures.

My Tho lies along the Tien River at the edge of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, where waterways shape both movement and daily life.

About halfway down the Oregon coast, the picturesque Yaquina Head Lighthouse welcomes you to Newport, a town known for its Dungeness crab and glorious harbor under the graceful Yaquina Bay Bridge. The historic Bayfront offers a mixture of shops, galleries, canneries and restaurants that serve fresh clam chowder, shrimp, oysters, crab and salmon.

Koloa sits on Kauai’s south shore and holds a special place in Hawaiian history as the site of the islands’ first successful sugar plantation.

Panajachel, on the shores of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán, is a vibrant town framed by volcanic peaks and the shimmering waters of one of the world’s most picturesque lakes.