I'm laughing as I read this because when I was in Bulgaria last year with a group from my church, we visited Koprivshtitsa (see, I spell it like you do). To this day, most of our team has no idea how to pronounce the name! I hear it often with an "f" sound instead of the "v" and the "щ" is often replaced with a "ст". Then, some of the pronunciations are simply a comical jumbling of sounds vaguely reminiscent of the name... :-)

Still, this had to be one of the most beautiful places we visited in Bulgaria and I'm really hoping to see it again this year. I'm leaving again with another group of us in just a few days to spend another two weeks in Bulgaria, and this time, I'm bringing my daughter. Who knows, maybe we'll see you in Sofia!

Thanks for sharing your experience with us...