Best Western Park Hotel Varna

... a really strong north easterly wind which was being exploited by hundreds of wind turbines to make pollution free electricity, what a beautiful site!<br><br>Southward I found myself atop of white cliffs overlooking the ocean, they looked just like Dover's. As soon as I could I descended down to a beach and discovered a near abandoned campsite, set up camp, made a fire on the sand and cooked dinner for a young German couple and their infant daughters. Good company and good ...

... hues. Outside the church were strategically placed stalls selling souvenirs with several grim-faced stallholders peddling their wares. We boarded the bus again and set off on a drive of an hour and a half into the countryside on the road heading for Sofia. The countryside described by our guide, a tall handsome Slav, as being very beautiful was certainly undulating, fertile and not unattractive but lacked a little something to make it anything ...

... She tries to visit once a year and I begged her to let me tag along. She was gracious enough to conceed and we had a wonderful time.<br><br>Her husband Rick was very jealous that he could not get away from work to join us, the beaches were wonderful the weather mild, and the prices cheap. We were in heaven.

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>

... br>In addition to the miles and miles of beach, Varna is a charming little city with a few other things going for it, like a huge park that runs along much of the beach, with a planetarium, a dolphinarium, and some stages for local performances. We stumbled on one of these performances, mostly high school aged children in traditional costumes doing some dancing and singing. Priceless. <br><br>There are natural hot springs that come out to meet the Black Sea, so there are ...

... us all out at 9.30 to go and drink on the beach together. <br><br>We really haven't seen anything 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 to take a single photo. <br><br>To Istanbul we go.

... years ago) and we would have to go around. We found our way to the other side of the landslide and then asked for more directions ... we were on the right track ... just up that way. Our third enquiry had us just up the hill, turn right, then left, then right where we finally found it but the sign was written in Cyrillic lettering. We checked in to the old but comfortable multi storey hotel, complete with pool and ...

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... the beach. Swam and baked for a good part of the day and just bas we were about to wrap up a nice day greg went and stood in tar and then rubbed it around with his hands so we had to go to first aid to get - what we think was straight up petrol - to clean himself up with. With so little Bulgarian money left we decided that we would cook tea at home with their plentiful kitchen and then have a coffee or ...

... patron helpfully interjected. After some back and forth with the waitress, I was told that I couldn't order the soup I wanted with a fish entree because the soup had yoghurt in it (a very popluar thing here, such that the bacterium is named acidophilus bulgarius). I assumed it must be a religious thing like no meat with milk if you are kosher, but I was told that the two don't digest well together. I don't know whether that is true because the waitress simply ...