Art Hotel Capitol Varna

... equally than others obviously.(wink!).<br><br>The land owners today are very few and receive massive incentives to grow certain crops as well as massive interest free loans to buy farm equipment suitably large to collect the said crops which they don't actually have the capability of processing. It was fantastic to hear some of Mick's life story and if he ever writes a book I'll be sure to buy it.<br><br>From General Toshevo I steered south east back towards the coast ...

We woke up to find ourselves moored at the quay in Varna with a long breakwater wall on which people could walk, a Captain Cook office and fish restaurant in a harbour-side building, and quite a few small vessels tied up nearby. <br>Our first stop was at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin where there was commerce going on both inside and outside the very ornately decorated building with high walls and domes painted in predominantly ...

I met Albena last Christmas, she is married to Rick Harper a Washington National Guard Soldier and contractor at Fort Lewis. They had had moved from Virgina, and Albena was not yet working and had not met many people.<br><br>She grew up in the beautiful coastal city of Varna Bulgaria, and all her family was still ...

A very nice place and quiet resort, is ideal target for family with kids, food and drinks very cheap and the people are friendly. About the security reasons I saw all the time the officers from Security companies -armed- and Police patrols on the street, here you need just to choose the proper location and enjoy the time.<br>

Oh Varna. <br><br>Life passes in a haze of beachy days and beach bar-y nights, and really there is not much else. After a week on the farm in Palamatsa, it's so nice to be here on the beach, relaxing with the hundreds of Brits, Aussies, Bulgarians, and even some Americans that find their way to Varna 'for a few days.' This is funny because so many people we met said, 'we came for 3 days and have been here for 3 months.' Woah guys, it's nice, but there are other nice places too ...

... ourselves good friends. <br><br>The Flag hostel got better as well, granted no amount of free vodka funneling in the morning or the free glass of beer in the evening really made it for us. Dave the owner meant well and did all his best to get people to mix together. A great hostel for the solo traveler as the whole hostel goes out as a group. We found this out on our first night when Dave ...

11th June<br><br>Nessebar to Golden Sands (near Varna) Bulgaria<br><br>Sunny 30 degrees<br><br>We left lovely Nessebar and drove north to the seaside resort of Golden Sands, near Varna. We knew it was going to be difficult to find the hotel as we only had vague directions and no GPS map for the area. We thought we were in the right area and asked our first local for directions who told us that there had been a landslide ...

... to various locations and countries that need an extra bit of security. Here in the foto one can be seen working at the Botanical Gardens in Balckik, Bulgaria. \his job is to stop the squirrels from pinching all the nuts off the oak trees. He looks very happy about it.

... our possible 12 noon depature. The guy at our hostel said he would go and check out the train timetable for us as he didn't think we would find out much with the language barrier. After about 50 slices of bread he came back to tell us there was a direct train to Bucharest which left at 10 in the evening. Super. Headed out firstly buy our tickets which took about half an hour to do the paper work on before ...

... never made it back, but I took several pictures, including one ot the E. Clampus Vitus historical marker commerorating the creation of the martini (or martinez) in Martinez, California. No one is quite true whether that is really the birthplace of the drink, but good folklore don't need no stinkin' badges. On Wednesday night, I went to a traditional Bulgarian restaurant to watch Jimmy Kimmel sing torch songs. I was having a problem ordering my food until a ...