Ivana Palace Hotel Sunny Beach

... he lives in Istanbul and is a hang glider, here in Bulgaria for the mountains' promise of pure adrenaline. He travels with an overnight bag ( maybe more evolved than me as a back packer) We found Hikers hostel where we dropped our stuff, cleaned up and strolled Bulgaria's "cultural capital" Plovdiv. <br>He mentioned that he likes to play Texas hold em in tournaments and such. <br>When we found a casino . . we registered for the 18:00 game. <br>I was trying to tel the ...

The hotel was beautiful above the city and we have enjoyed a nice beer on the terrasse and then a opulent meal inside the restaurant.<br><br>The next day was the hard day to dr&#305;ve long hours to Greece and then Turkey. We have only arr&#305;ved at 22:30 in Istanbul. The traffic in Istanbul is challenging as all Turk&#305;sh drivers only know one way --&gt; agressively forward as fast and as ...

... ten years ago which allows each village to have it's own local brew of raki. This one would kill a black dog! It was bad and they had it in a Smirnoff Vodka bottle in a vain attempt to pretty it up, I'm sure.<br><br>After experiencing all the 'tourist traps of Varna' e.g. hair brading, rip off bad souveneirs and even bigger rip off internet cafes we checked out of our hotel and headed to the train station to take the trip back to ...

c 'est par ces quelques phrases que je commencerai cette entrée:<br><br>1 paire de ray ban: 130 euros avec american express<br>1 paquet de camel: 1,80 euros avec american express<br>Des courses chez picadilies: 70 euros avec american express<br>1 biére de 2 litres: 1 euro avec american express<br>Tomber amoureux d'un pays a cause de sa générosité et de sa joie de vivre<br>sa n'a pas de prix<br>american express tjr plus pour vous (ils ...

... aurait été risquée: on est pas des fous quand même!!! la pluie c'est une chose mais la boue en est une autre surtout quand on ne peut pas laver son linge quand on le désir.<br><br>Sur cette sage décision,<br>nous avons décider de nous diriger vers le soleil et donc d'aller sur les bords de la mer noire, une plage nommée Irakli (également conseillé par nos amis de Sofia)<br>Cette plage est fantastique, un endroit comme on en aimerai plus ...

... era and some more has been done more recently. It is really interesting to look at the different styles. The soviet bricks were clearly not attempting in any way to look like the older stones. They often had multiple colors and were usually shiny whereas the newer reconstructions tried to be a bit truer to the ancient fort. At the top of the fort is a small church with really creepy paintings inside. The paintings are reminiscent of crusaders. There were many pictures ...

Saturday we crossed over the Danube and into Bulgaria. I hadn't realised they used a different alphabet to English, but it somehow marked our first real change.<br style=""> <br style=""> <br><br>We visited a beautiful Bulgarian town called Veliko Tarnovo in the afternoon. Wandered around and had a lovely lunch of a big pizza and drinks (all for about £3!) ate some ice cream and did a spot of shopping. We spent the night in the Dayonovo monastery. It was a little weird and the ...

... hard enough to drag my luggage from the center of the city to the hostel (after two blocks of dodging cars that were parked literally on the sidewalk and getting odd stares as I jolted my baggage over the potholes and wayward bricks-- I decided to hail a taxi), I could not imagine being in a wheelchair, let alone being blind in this town. The man managed to cross the street but tripped on his way up the curb. Regaining balance, his ...

... delight spread across the room. They were so incredibly happy to receive presents, and excitedly played with them as soon as they opened them. One girl came up to us and said 'thank you so much for my barbie doll', she had not had one before and was so pleased to have one of her own. Another girl was so happy to get some hairbands (and created some quite 'original' hairstyles with them!). After this we gave one our partners ...

... Union. However information about it is still pretty sketchy so what better way to find out than dig a little deeper by heading for the heartlands? You only live once after all... Apparently the average monthly wage here is around about $US150 per month, which helps partially explain the dubious reputation for tourist safety here ...