Soon he fled from his uncle's place and went to Brăila where he lived with the Bulgarian exiled revolutionaries and met Hristo Botev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet.
Pola contra, mergullouse na literatura e axiña marchou de onda o seu tío e marchou a Brăila, onde viviu con revolucionarios búlgaros no exilio e coñeceu a Hristo Botev, revolucionario e poeta.