Magnolia Garden hotel Albena

... that dog has I am<br>sure the bullet would have bounced off her. Ex-army, marriage veteran, dog lover and severe alcoholic, Ian has a routine carefully arranged around drinking himself to death and walking his dogs.<br><br>I awoke at dawn having slept well, despite the black-spotted-canine whirlwind which on numerous occasions nearly destroyed my tent. After a few failed attempts at dog sign language I packed up my tent and then witnessed some of the best drinking tremors ...

... station. It was voted best town to live in Bulgaria twice.<br><br>Varna has a maritime sea garden which hosts many attractions including a dolphinarium, open air theatre and ballet centre. It is a major university town with 5 higher centres including a Naval Academy<br><br>The last king of Bulgaria, King Simeon, in 2001 became PM after spending 50 years in exile in Spain. He is no longer in power.<br><br>Real Estate has really boomed in ...

... 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 ...

Arriving in Varna you instantly get the feeling that this is one of those places you are either going to love or hate.<br><br>We walked the 1.5km from the bus station to the hostel, still to cheap to catch a taxi.<br><br>Shona wanted to leave the Flag hostel as soon as she had arrived. We were greeted at the door by someone, a guest or a member of staff we were not to sure who. OK "greeted" might be ...

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 ...

Due to the Cold War being over and the world seems to a much more settled place now, Russia has an over abundance of FSB officers with nothing to do. So, as not to have them wandering about the workplace with nothing to do, the Russian Government has rented out these ...

... restaurant on the beach and then made our way back to the car. Went for drive after that through Varna city centre, grabbed some lunch and went for a walk along the garden boulevarde that follows along the coastline. Even had one Bilgarian recognise me from working with the Stella Maris in Australia though I could not actually place him, I must have made some sort of impression on him so that he remembered me. Finally got some nice ...

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.