Parkhotel Continental Sunny Beach

Wow.<br>One month to go. I am still in Bulgaria. Decisions when you travel somehow always turn out to be magical and predict the best experiences in life on the road. After spending a few 'extra' days in Varna with my new friends from Belfast I took a few days off to head North to Veliki Tarnovo. Simply choosing to jump on that bus brought me here. I met an American fella who is also traveling alone . . When my morning ...

... osim sto sam usavrsio bugarski jezik. Posla nema, samim tim nema ni para. Ok, onda sam odlucio da iskoristim slobodno vreme... Izlasci, upoznavanje... nesto sto nikada ne moze da dosadi. Plaza, more, Sunce i zabava. Odlican nacin da se iskoristi slobodno vreme.<br><br>Napokon da se zavrsilo ovo leto. Postalo je malo monotono... <br>Do sledeceg putovanja...<br>Dovijdene na v sichki.<br>

... Palace. Nessebar as well as being picturesque is Souvenir Central with a variety of shops and cafes lining the pretty streets. It is located on a small rocky isthmus in the Black Sea , is a UNESCO World Heritage site and dates back to 3000 BC. We love it here and spent the afternoon wandering about enjoying the town. Later we had dinner on our balcony, accompanied by Bulgarian Beer and Bulgarian Wine, and then went for a walk along the waterside in the cool of the evening.

... lifts have to work hard and are a bit creaky. The room however has a fully functioning bathroom and aircon. I shower and switch it on. Its 30 degree's cooling in the room than out and I sleep for a couple of hours. The room is on the seventh floor and is one of the tallest buildings in the town. So I can see my route into town and the weather from the room. The room doesn't have wallpaper; its a sort of painted woodchip concrete. The doors to the ...

... and wooden cabin style buildings. Of the major attractions are the ruins of the Old Bishopric which is also known as the Church of St Sophia. It was extremly busy at this site with lots of tourists taking photographs and small gypsy children trying to pickpocket unsuspecting tourists or trying out some scams. Walking around the town you seem to get higher and higher and can get some great views of the ...

... people lived there - not like little Sozopol. Made our way back to our town very happy with our little trip and our choices. Went back to the restaurant from the night before to use their internet. I'm not sure if they were excited to see us - I think they were probably thinking "oh no not them again". Bought tickets after some manoeuvring of funds and then I went for a little 20min walk so Greg could get some jobs done and by the time I ...

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 &amp; 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.

... no further, road head "gone". Of course I ignored them all. So, lo and behold the road got narrower and narrower, with more trees growing in the tarmac until, sob, it simply disappeared. Some friendly guys grazing their pigs directed me to a dirt track that really was off road. cobbles, rocks and mud. A medieval farm forsest track. uphill. I put on my helmet and was very glad I was on my mountain (as opposed to roadie) bike ...

Velki Preslav to Burgas Distance 162km Best bit: sun Worst bit: having to throw myself into the gutter 5 times today to avoid oncoming traffic!! Well, the Black Sea isnt black. Its kind of a rich blue with gentle waves. The sand feels good under my feet :)