Club Hotel Bolero Golden Sands

The first Bulgarian village I rolled into was called Kardam and the first person I met was from Lincoln in the North of England. He and a fellow Spanish emigrant had made a bet as to my nationality as I peddled past. I can't exactly remember who won but I did get a beer and also quickly secured myself a patch of the Yorkshire man's garden. <br><br>It seems there are quite a lot of British citizens who now reside in Bulgaria. Attracted by the inexpensive land and housing ...

... showing us how to make a bacon and egg pie. We enjoyed the ambience of the place and were farewelled by our host from afar as we made our way to the bus. <br><br>Varna is the second largest town in Bulgaria with a population of about 1 million after Sofia (2m) which is 400km to west. Bulgaria has a population of 8m It has a well developed tourist industry, business centre and transport hub including an international airport, large seaport and ...

... 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>

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 ...

... his shirt unbuttoned, and a strong scent of BO lingering in the air everywhere he went. <br>First question: "Do you have money"<br> "No"<br> "OK, I'll take you to the ATM then."<br>Wow what a welcome!<br><br>It soon got better, Simon one of the people we had met in Veliko showed up, he had also brought along some new friends as well. Katie and Sam. With the same first impressions as us we soon ...

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.

... and chocolate before being driven past the gypsy camp (failed to get a foto here) Went for dinner with Damyan's sister and her family at a traditional Bulgarian stlye restaurant. Damyan's sister's husband works as a Chief Engineer onboard a vessel that is due to arrive in Melbourne around December. The evening was nice and warm (for me) so We decided to walk back to the flat as we had eaten so much and drunk some Bulgarian vodka.

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 wife and then we head out for dinner at an \italian pizza parlour. After dinner had an early night as \i was completelly exhausted and was looking forward to a good night's sleep.