Nessebur Bulgaria

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<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nessebur, Bulgaria

Nessebur is a nice little port city that thrives on the tourist trade almost exclusively. The old part of town is billed at the Dubrovnik of the Black Sea. I have never been to Dubrovnik but I doubt the comparison is accurate. While Nessebur has beautiful beaches and interesting ruins dating back a couple thousand years, it mainly sports souvenir shops and cafes. After a leisurely stroll around the narrow cobble stone streets I spent time over strong coffee at a seaside café with friends from the ship. Then I heard music and wandered off to find a wonderful exhibition of local dancers and musicians in the center of a partially excavated ancient theater. The music and dancers in native garb was superb. My favorite image of the performance is of a little boy of about 8 who appeared on stage all by himself in a colorful native costume and sang his little heart out. After he finished he ran over to his mother sitting in the audience who gave him a big kiss.

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