Varna, Bulgaria Travel Blogs

Varna
Jun 29, 2008

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Wedding in Varna
Sep 16, 2007 (10 photos)

My beautifull cousin Anna tied the knot with Boris in a folk ceremony in Varna, the summer  capital of Bulgaria. It was a propper wedding! I was the made of honor and as such (without prior notice) was asked to participate in the enterntainment ...

Long-term winter travel - pros and cons
Jan 31, 2006

I've had a few questions from readers about the practicalities and logistics of travelling through Arctic conditions and northern winters, and I know I was concerned about the extreme cold before I got there, so in the hope that it's useful for future ...

Travelling through Romania & Bulgaria
Jul 28, 2006 (11 photos)

... sad to think about all the people who had been killed in 1989. After nearly 2 weeks in Romania we crossed the border into Bulgaria and had an interesting 5 days in Veliko Tarnovo, the old capital. Vinnie, Paul and I stayed in a great little hostel run by ...

Black sea!
Apr 18, 2007 (7 photos)

Our last city before Istanbul!  Varna, on the Black sea coast of Bulgaria... Because our hostel was so sweet, we ended up spending an extra night here...the hostel staff helped us around town and to get our laundry done...they had a barbecue for us ...

The Black Sea, Bulgaria
Oct 4, 2009 (29 photos)

At last the Black Sea
Sep 5, 2009 (1 photos)

Took a bus from the boat to the resort town of Varna so we could see and get wet in the Black Sea! The water was warm and there were many people on the beach enjoying the day.

back to bucharest
Apr 8, 2005 (1 photos)

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The Black Sea, me mateys, ha-har, ha-har!
Aug 25, 2004

... Romania was "the Mexico of Europe" and I could see exactly where he was coming from. I don't know what I expected from Bulgaria, but I thought it would be perhaps quieter, cleaner and calmer than Romania, so my first glimpse of the country was quite a ...

Bulgaria
Oct 6, 2009

... a patch of the Yorkshire man's garden. It seems there are quite a lot of British citizens who now reside in Bulgaria.  Attracted by the inexpensive land and housing, relative simple bureaucracy and in Ian's case,cheap alcohol. However sightings of ...

Mount Olympus and Egirdir
Sep 30, 2006 (5 photos)

We went to Mount Olympus which is a huge backpackers hangout and it reminded Deb and I of the kind of place that we would have loved to hang out in 25 years ago. There are tree houses everywhere, we upgraded after the first night. The place is famous for ...

Varna, Bulgaria
Jul 12, 2008 (3 photos)

Hi all. Sorry it has taken me a little longer to send you an update this time. I arrived in Varna last week which is a beach town in Bulgaria, so instead of spendıng tıme sıttıng in an internet cafe, İ sat myself down on a sunbed and didnt move ...

At last, Varna, Bulgaria
Oct 23, 2008

Finally got to Varna and caught up with Damyan, though was tiuch n go as my mobile battery was just about flat and \damyan did not yet know where the bus would drop me at. Finally we meet up, and we head back to his place, say hello to his parents, and ...

The Black Sea
Jul 31, 2007

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Bulgaria
Nov 5, 2005 (4 photos)

... been in Bulgaria for a few weeks and the leaves were growing stale. It was not what most people would call pretty. Bulgaria, we read, was a country that openly welcomed and embraced socialism. "Seeing the beauty of similarity," as Josh put it. Sophia ...

Black sea coast, beach bars and too many flies...
Sep 8, 2005

Chapter Summary Bulgaria Varna city tour 04 Sept, Sunday Start point: 2 Mai End point: Galata, Varna Via: Varna Odom(Km): 132.10 Moving(hrs.mim): 7.28 Ave(Km/h): 17.7 Total Ascent(m): 1066 Max Altitude(m) 233 ...

Catching some rays..
Jun 16, 2008

... and pampering. Germans are as demanding as the British and Irish when it comes to short breaks in the sun and it's easy to walk into  a booking office in Cologne airport same day and fly off to a resort. Why Bulgaria? First on the list. Why not?

Vacationing in Varna
Oct 5, 2009 (8 photos)

... power. Real Estate has really boomed in the last 5 years.  Varna has the largest shopping centre in Bulgaria.  Varna's population has doubled in the last decade.  Bulgaria exports clothes, shoes, cosmetics, medicine, and petroleum products.& ...

Back to the beach
Sep 11, 2008 (1 photos)

... be gone for a second and she shook her head again. Then the guy next to me explained that shaking the head sideways in Bulgaria actually means "yes" while an up-down nod means "no"--exactly the opposite of us; strange, but kind of fun. Except later this ...

Finally reach Black Sea Coast
Jul 12, 2007

After 6 hours' bus, finally I reached Varna. So now I am officially traveled from the Adriatic Sea to Black Sea and crossed the Balkan Penisula from west to east....

Black Sea Adventures
Jul 10, 2006 (10 photos)

... salivating English and German investors, hoping to make it rich on the Black Sea coast. Penny and Paul met us in Varna on the night of the 8th and we combed Bulgaria with them for 10 days. We bought a map, a guide book, rented a car and were on our way ...

Roamin' Romania beats Bulgaria (but barely)
Nov 12, 2004 (5 photos)

... proposition. The cinema is our other link to the outside world. We managed to catch Stepford Wives the other night in Varna, Bulgaria. However, a Bulgarian's idea of a night at the cinema is a bit more all encompassing than their Western peers. It ...

Sweeping across Bulgaria
Jun 16, 2009

... in Varna just sat on the beaches during the day and drunk at night time. We have in the end enjoyed our time here in Varna just there aren't many stories to tell or write about, it was just like hanging out with our mates from home. We didn't even manage ...

Rumination No. 4 - On Fear
May 18, 2006

... don't know if it is cultural bias or what, but Slovakians told me to be careful in Romania. Romanians warned me about Bulgaria. I'm sure Bulgarians will bad-mouth the Serbs, and I have no doubt the Serbs will caution me about Bosnians. Iv'e been told ...

The Black Sea
Jul 24, 2006 (1 photos)

Beach. Food. Beach. Nap. Party. Repeat.

Varna, Bulgaria - Where Germans Go To Die
May 20, 2006 (15 photos)

... sit for over an hour at the border crossing.) Don't carry more leva (Bulgarian currency) than you need, ahhh, this is Varna, Bulgaria." (sip beer, hug animal close, and dose off.) (Awake, rinse, repeat, along with various exhortations about what prices ...

Varna Tourists
Jul 18, 2008 (8 photos)

Varna is a Spanish resort set in 1986... It does have a proper town as the guide suggests but this place is going to go one of two ways - up to as Alan the Welsh Hostel owner aspires to " The Barcelona of Eastern Europe" or down as Dean descibes it to " ...

90's Electronic Dance Beats City
Jul 24, 2009 (11 photos)

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3 days, not 3 months!
Jun 29, 2009

... July Morning, which is based on a song by Uriah Heap by the same name. Apparently, since the end of communism, everyone in Varna, and along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast gathers on the beach on the night of June 30 to party all night and watch the sunrise ...

Varna
Jun 17, 2005

... axo eu... O meu itenerario aki depois de xegar a burgas foi sevastopol, nessebar onde dormimos uma noite...depois arrancamos pa varna onde ficamos durante o dia e depois fomos no comboio da noite pa bucareste!Ah, pa comprar este bilhete tinhamos de ir a ...