Hotel Bansko Sofia
6 Bella Donna Str, Dragalevtzi district Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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Last of the Soviets
... headed to the main gay bar in the city which was closed upon our arrival. We waited down the street with a couple cans of beer and then headed back. The club itself was nice, finished to a high standard and had some fun music playing. The crowd was sparse at first but did begin to pick up after a while. Once it started to get busy, 2 guys walked into the club that Tom and I decided were to be our company for the evening. On a side note, it doesn’t get too difficult for Tom and ...
Sofia, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sofia is a roller coaster of a city.
We started out feeling pretty good. Customs was a breeze, all our luggage made it and we found the person, Nicoli, transporting us to the apartment with no problem. Nick had spent some time in the states and had very good english so there wasn't even a language problem.
However, the cultural differences started to show up as soon as he ...
On a warm December day...
... and will be bringing his juggling act with him. Now, where's that paraffin.? Great balls of fire!
For the next two weeks this dubious group will have the privilege, the pleasure and the hard work of ensuring that 5,000+ Christmas boxes all find happy homes. Check in tomorrow to see how many local traffic laws Rich has fallen foul of and whether or not when we open the door of the truck somebody will get injured by the resulting cascade of ...
Sofia
First bit of night train to Sofia was actually done by bus, boarding the train in another city. We were woken up in the middle of the night to get off and present the passport at the immigration. There was no customs check, surprising for a border opening the door to the EU. In the morning I first spotted ugly blocks of flats, so similar to the ones in Slovakia, an obvious sign of being in a post communist country. At noon we arrived in ...
Transition.
Hi Friends.
It's way early here - like around 5 a.m. and we were out of the loop as the general routine of our 'community' has changed. All is well, and I think we are in a 'come-down' stage.
Regarding Doc (who's still sleeping), he's having some pain (expected, and experienced as part of the recovery) and he also had a swim yesterday, discovering some of the kinks of the treatment - he'll probably share more ...


