Blogs from Nesebar, Burgas Province, Bulgaria, Europe
July 11th 2008
It's been three months since I've arrived in Bulgaria. Now, in the comfort of my apartment overlooking the Black Sea and the ever so glorious Helios Bay, I write about the journey I have traveled up until this point. I am coming to grips with the Cyrillic tongue faster than I ever imagined, sometimes finding Bulgarian at the tip of my tongue before even breeding an English thought. Such is novel to me as it has been awhile since I have been forced to twinkle my synapses. There is much to say about this country. Ridden with mountains that reach around 3,000 km and the sea whose waves cleanse the soul, the country is beautiful to say the least. Being a girl from New York City, embracing the nature around me has taken a new facet ... read more
May 10th 2007
Hi everyone!! It's been a few days, but I've reached the end of the first leg of my trip. I had limited access in Bulgaria, but I've kept a personal journal of all the sights that we've seen, and here is a summary. I don't have the exact dates of everything that we've seen, but all of these are in chronological order: MIKRE - A small rural village where Alex's grandfather lives. We met him and ate lunch at his house, and saw his goats - it was pretty funny, they were playing a game, trying to jump onto an old oil drum. ETERA - A preserved 19th century village mechanically powered by water. There is a very similar town like this in Ontario, I don't remember what it is called, but this place was ... read more
Next step on our trip 4 day stay in Nessebar, Bulgaria
Published: December 26th 2006Europe » Bulgaria » Burgas Province » Nesebar
December 26th 2006
After leaving Bansko my family and I headed to the Black Sea coast. The interesting thing about Bulgaria (in a very summary description form) is that you can experience the pleasure of hiking tall beautiful mountains and 5-6 hours drive later you could be at one of the many seaside resorts. Our trip took us to the resort town of Nessebar located in the central part of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast (please see the map in the previous post) We had booked an all inclusive stay at the Nessebar IFA hotel (I believe this was a German hotel chain). The all inclusive meant meals and hotel rooms for all of us were included. The hotel was located South of the old town of Nessebar in the newer section of town. Nevertheless it was not far ... read more
Drinking Rakia in Nesebar, Black Sea
Published: July 30th 2006Europe » Bulgaria » Burgas Province » Nesebar
July 8th 2006
Weekends or weekdays..... life never stops in BG. The restaurants and bars are full, the food is really great. All the things I loved to eat and grew up on I've had the opportunity to taste again, various salads with grated fetta on top, a multitude of choices for the meatlover: grilled delicacies and spit roasts, a selection of exotic seafood from the Black Sea and much more. A standard 'small' drink is 50ml here, but the locals always order the 'standard' large of 100ml, served with a glass full of ice and a bottled mixer of their choice. Yes, they certainly can hold their drink around here. In some clubs it's possible to order 'hard' alcohol by the bottle, and the account is charged to the table. Many of the clubs which my cousin took ... read more
June 15th 2006
Well, I am slowly making my way down the Black Sea coast being somewhat made to slow down by a blasted cold I know I picked up in Veliko Turnavo (everyone in the hostel there seemed to be coughing and spluttering and I obviously have not incorporated enough garlic into my diet so am doing likewise now). I cheated (again!) and caught the bus to Varna which I am very glad about. The towns that the bus drove through looked absolutely miserable and the landscape, well, nothing I haven't seen before. Not only that, I saw a pack of dogs giving chase to a horse and cart. I was very grateful to have been observing this from the comfort of my air-conditioned bus. On the dog front though, they have been relatively good. Hope this continues. ... read more
Nessebar or Nesebar - seen both.
Published: July 26th 2004Europe » Bulgaria » Burgas Province » Nesebar
July 26th 2004
Sounds exotic, Nesebar, roll the sounds around and it could be in Moroco, or just round the corner from Timbuktu. In fact Nesebar is located on an island with a narrow causeway linking it to the mainland, and the wonderfully named 'Sunny Beach'. We knew that this world heritage site would be popular with day trippers so deliberatly aimed to make our day trip a later one. Buses run every half hour from 7am till 9pm both ways from Burgas, so not a problem there. First impression: Tourist crazy - so man, throngs, herds, hordes, stampedes, plagues, what is the collective noun for tourist? I guess that I'm just part of this collective group but feel that there are a few major differences between the traveller and the holiday maker. Holiday maker: has very limited time, ... read more
July 26th 2004
Nesebar A világörökség része ez a fantasztikus kis város, mely egy szigetre épült a Fekete Tenger partján. A sziget kb. 800 m hosszú, 300 m széles és legalább 15 templom van rajta, bár hajdanán 80 templom és kápolna otthona volt. Ma már csak egyetlen egy szolgál templomként, a többi vagy zárva van, vagy galériaként használják. A nesebari építészeti stílusra jellemző a fehér kőből és vörös téglából rakott vízszintes csíkok, a pilléreken nyugvó boltívek és a kerámia korongokkal és rozettákkal díszített homlokzatok. De a sziget nem csak ezért érdekes. Már Kr.e. 3000 körül a trákok éltek itt és ők építették meg a szigetet a szárazfölddel összekötő töltést és az erődöt a szigeten. A város az elkövetkező korok kézjegyét is magán viseli. (Bár szerintem felesleges akár a Régészeti vagy a Néprajzi Mú... read more
