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Europe » Bulgaria » Rousse Province August 10th 2014

On the bus to Sofia 12 noon August 10 2014 When you consider that Romania and Bulgaria have such a long border and even a joint tourism promotion sponsored by the EU it is amasing how difficult, and expensive it is to get between the two. They have a bit of a geographic excuse; the Danube that forms a lot of the border is about 1km wide and there are only two bridge crossings. We used the one at Ruse (pronounced Rue-seh). Bucherest seemed a nice enough city although we did not have a chance to explore. Are we the only people to have visited Bucherest who never saw Ceausescu's People's Palace, the largest Parliment building in the world. We had been told buses went from the Filaret bus station to Ruse. We took the Metro ... read more
Birthday girl 2
Birthday girl 3

Europe » Bulgaria August 5th 2014

All good things must come to an end, and that includes holidays. So, Amy's amazing summer of travel needed a final destination - and Bulgaria proved to be a great finishing point. The ski-town of Borovets was home for a few days, offering nice mountain views and good local restaurants. Borovets is easy to reach from Sofia... who knows, we may bring Amy back here to ski when she's older. After all her chairlift fun in Georgia, a 30-minute chairlift up to Rila's 7 lakes was no bother to Amy. We made it to 4 or 5 of the lakes, it was incredibly scenic and Amy met lots of friendly Bulgarians some of whom even insisted on sharing their lunch with her! The absolute highlight of our stay however was a trip up to Yastrebet on ... read more
All set for Musala summit
Pitstop at Musala Hut at 2300m
Musala summit, highest point jun Bulgaria and the Balkans

Europe » Bulgaria » Blagoevgrad Province » Dobrinishte July 28th 2014

Up early - well we were. Everyone else strolled out of bed after 10, 11 etc. Phoned Anton and he arranged to drop of the key at 11.30 and true to his word the key arrived. I had already nipped out and got some fresh bananas and bread. We were on our way out when Anton gave us the key so we just popped down to check the key worked and we could get into the Gym. Looks very nice, nice boxing bag fixed to the roof, table tennis table with bats and balls, cycle, weight machine and cross trainer. Changing rooms have been provided as well and I think I can see where the Sauna will go. Then we drove over to Dobrinishte and uptowards Bezbog hut where we are going to get the cable ... read more
Hotel at Gotse Delchev
Uncle Bulgaria on tour
Waving

Europe » Bulgaria » Sofia City » Sofia July 28th 2014

27/28 juillet (De Varna vers Sofia) Je suis dans un vieux train rouillé en direction de Sofia. Night train. Je suis le seul passager de ma capsule. Il y a quatre bancs vides devant moi qui font face aux identiques quatre bancs de mon côté. Le train ballotte dans la tiède nuit ferroviaire. Parfois, pour me dégourdir, je vais longer les corridors métalliques en m'imaginant agent secret en terrain ennemi. Ke-Klock, Ke-Klock, Ke-Klock font les rails sous les wagons. (Musique de James Bond) Par les fenêtres entre-ouvertes, j'observe les paysages industriels illuminés par les usines au ralentit et par les veilleuses rouge des inactives cheminées s'étirant comme des canons qui auraient la puissance de trouer la lune. Thermo nucléaire. La fenêtre dans ma capsule personnelle s'ouvre grande comme une porte. Je l'ai testé. Je me dis ... read more
Gaz Mask
Changement de garde
The Wake Up! Café

Europe » Bulgaria » Blagoevgrad Province » Bansko July 27th 2014

27thJuly 2014 Today we are going to see the bears at the Dancing Bear Sanctuary near to Belitsa. Got up at a reasonable time and while the kids slept Catherine and I headed down to the local supermarket where we picked up a few fresh supplies – including a very interesting bread with cheese in it…. Looked a bit like Lardy bread… The kids woke in turns and struggled out of bed – showers for everyone – 2 bathrooms is great Paul. Both working fine. Then we headed out of Bansko on the Razlog road and stopped at Lidl for a few supplies. The local beer is 40p a litre – and when it’s cold it’s not bad. Picked up ham, after sun, cakes all sorts of stuff. We’ll be leaving some stuff behind in the ... read more
Prespa
Prespa
Uncle Bulgaria and Bears

Europe » Bulgaria » Blagoevgrad Province » Bansko July 26th 2014

As Catherine un-folded it from her carry on bag! Uneventful trip to Heathrow Terminal 5 - taxi was 10 minutes early and as Mathew was still in the shower we left at 6.00 am. on the dot. Nice big van this time with space for all of us and our luggage - with the schools broken up traffic was very light until we reached the M25 - but we were still at Terminal 5 by about 6.30. We had checked in so dropped the bags and went through South security which was very straightforward. Wandered around for a bit as Terminal 5 does not have a priority pass lounge then sat at A6 while waiting for the gate to be called. A6 was called while we were waiting and was for Leeds Bradford... I mean really? ... read more
Road to Virhen hut
Flowers
Stones

Europe » Bulgaria » Stara Zagora Province » Kazanlak July 25th 2014

23 juillet "Are you going to the UFO?" me demande ce matin un australien effemine. UFO: c'est ainsi qu'est appele Buzludzha, l'étrange batiment communiste construit dans les annees chaudes de la guerre froide et qui est a l'abandon depuis plusieurs annees. "I want to go" que je lui repond. C'est que les voyageurs ont une etrange fascination pour le monument en decrepitude... et que ca cree ici une ardente curiosite et un fort interet de s'y rendre. Les voyageurs se pose la question les uns aux autres: "Have you been to the UFO?" "Are you going to the UFO?" comme si l'auberge etait separe en deux clans: ceux qui ont vu, et ceux qui veulent voir. Heureusement pour moi, on m'offre une place dans une voiture louee par un Australien de Melbourne ce matin. Avec moi, ... read more
Communisme
Place centrale
En route vers l'OVNI

Europe » Bulgaria » Varna Province » Varna July 25th 2014

24 juillet C'est mon dernier bond en Bulgarie aujourd'hui. Je quitte donc ce matin l'Hostel Mostel de la médievale Veliko Tarnovo pour me rendre sur les côtes de la Mer Noire, tout à l'est de la Bulgarie. Je me poserai à Varna, ville balnéaire importante du Pays où la haute saison bas son plein. C'est Dayana la "princesse" bulgare qui m'appela le taxi et qui s'assurera que je me rende bien à la bonne gare de bus (il y en a toujours plus qu'une dans les villes bulgares). Elle voulait que son nom apparaisse dans mon blogue, la Dayana. Et bien voilà que c'est fait. À la gare, je prend tout mon temps. Mon bus doit supposément quitter dans 1 heure. Mais du moment qu'on me remet ma facture (en guise de ticket), je suis convoqué ... read more
Mer noire pas si noire
Chapeau de poil russe
Noir de Monde à la Mer Noire


A lot of people love this place but I couldn't get a real feel for it. But I did stay in a hostel that someone recommended not to go to, for two reasons 1. they had a four person dorm to themselves and it was too quiet and 2. they had a 3 month old kitten. I stayed and loved it.... read more
So sweet
Castle
Castle


22 juillet Je me lève tranquillement de mon lit d'un guesthouse bulgare que je n'arrive pas à prononcer le nom, juste là, devant le chaotique auberge à poux d'avant-hier. Il n'était pas question de passer une nuit de plus à cet autre dortoir infecté, évidemment. Je me lève donc, et traine mes morsures de puces de lit sous la douche. Je réalise que j'ai l'avant-bras droit probablement plus attrayant et du coup, plus appétissant que le reste du corps. Heureusement, ce n'est rien de trop défigurant. Je devrais m'en sortir indemne. Je me rend à la station de bus (...une autre que les deux autres de Plovdiv(!)...) et embarque dans un mini-bus en direction de Veliko Tarnovo cette fois, plus au Nord. Ce ne sera que de longues routes dans les montagnes aux denses forêts pour ... read more
Fish & Chips in Bulgaria
Veliko Tarnovo de nuit
Veliko Tarnovo




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