Marieta Palace Nessebar

... to get up and possibly head .. well . . anywhere. I instinctively knew that my journey was about to twist. We decided to go in on a car together and head to the coast of Sunny Beach and stay in the antiquated town of Nessebar. It was a toss up as far as who operated the vehicle, we were both a little nervous to take on the crazy Bulgarian roads. The entire process of locating a company who could then locate a car was flat ...

... moj novcanik i poluprazna moja glava. Posao kao posao, mora se odraditi... mada kada ga radis malo duze, postajes robot koji ne razmislja. E tako je meni bilo ove godine. Vec vise nisam razmisljao sta pricam, kome pricam, ne nerviram se oko gluposti, ne zanimam se sa dodatnim poslom... Jednostavno koliko sam malo placen, toliko malo radim.

Nisam nesto bio odusevljen ovom ...

... car at a parking station and walk up to our hotel to check in and then to bring the car up. This was all easier said than done but finally after backing up a narrow road, passing the old lady in the chair twice and asking for directions at the mini-market finally found the hotel again. All worthwhile as the hotel is luxurious and right in the centre of the old town. They also upgraded us to a balcony room which overlooks the old John the Baptist church and the ruins of the ...

... 1 and 2 pm in the 95 degree heat I haul a fully laden bike to two other hotels which cost more. There is one hotel which looks cheap but the reception is on the first floor and it looks unrefurbished. But as 50 levs is only £25 its a bit pointless really. I ride back and find the price is now 45 levs. The hotel is a mostly refurbished soviet era block. However it has two three person lifts to access the 14 rooms on each of the ten floors ...

... coastline. Back into the town you get to another of the major sites, the church of Pantocrator. This site is located in a pretty, picturesque squares near to a open air market. Although Nessebar is a nice town to spend a few hours and makes a change from the commercialism of the rest of the Black Sea coast, there was little else to see after this so after a bite to eat I caught the ferry back to Sunny Beach.

... bus station west'. Missed the bus to Sozopol which we would have easily made it to if we hadn't wanted to double check which meant that I had a runny bitter yoghurt drink and Greg had a drink which looked like a iced coffee but ended up tasting like meat pate. Next bus to Sozopol which was only half an hour away and made it in to Sozopol for the first time looking for people to offer us private accommodation. We only found 1 guy who took us ...

Burgas was hosting the first ever MTV Spirit of Burgas festival with Groove Armada, Koseen, Ministry of Sound etc. It was situated on the beach, had an electric atmosphere, great music and was bouncing! All for £20 as well. If you happen to see the festival on MTV you will probably see me & G. Aside from the festival there is nothing happening in Burgas.

Sunny Beach is a holiday resort on the coast of Bulgaria. It's basically sunbathe all day and booze all night. Lots of British, Sweedish, Norwegian, Dutch and German tourists. Not the nicest place in the world but good for a chill out and a few nights on the lash.

... to the red road involved long detours on that that seemed to pass every mountain peak between here and Gallipolli. The villages looked so remote that probably the only annual visitor was the Grim Reaper. How would they react to moi turning up in my best dusty lycra going "hija!"? Only one way to find out.... So, as I ground my way along the backroads I was increasingly flagged down by friendly locals who said "stop ...

So, after Greece it was up to Bulgaria. Our first destination was the capital; Sofia. What a great place Bulgaria is, it's Europe at Chinese prices with all the sights and stuff that you get in any European country - monestaries, castles and naked sunbathing. But don't think about taking your gun into a bank or a restaurant. The NO gun sign was the first thing that we saw when getting of the bus and walking down the street in Sofia. This was a little worrying at first ...