Vidin Hotel

... followed by rain, three days of rain, just like Dover's.<br><br>During the first day of rain the German family departed in their caravan for Greece, this left just me and seven horses to roam around in the drizzle. Over the next two days the water intensity increased and this place, which I was now convinced was Dover's spiritual twin didn't forget about the wind. It tested my tent to what I suspect were its limits.<br><br>When the weather broke and blue skies prevailed ...

We woke up to find ourselves moored at the quay in Varna with a long breakwater wall on which people could walk, a Captain Cook office and fish restaurant in a harbour-side building, and quite a few small vessels tied up nearby. <br>Our first stop was at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin where there was commerce going on both inside and outside the very ornately decorated building with high walls and domes painted in predominantly ...

I met Albena last Christmas, she is married to Rick Harper a Washington National Guard Soldier and contractor at Fort Lewis. They had had moved from Virgina, and Albena was not yet working and had not met many people.<br><br>She grew up in the beautiful coastal city of Varna Bulgaria, and all her family was still ...

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>

... Black Sea coast gathers on the beach on the night of June 30 to party all night and watch the sunrise on the July Morning. We joined in the festivities, but didn't wait for the sun. It was fun to be in a town where everyone was so excited about a somewhat random tradition. <br><br>So we won't be staying for 3 weeks, or 3 months, as some of our fellow travelers have, but it has been great here, and we feel refreshed and ready to take on Turkey for the last few weeks of our trip.

... strong of a word, the door was opened by someone. Into the common room we finally found ourselves, "Hi". No answer from the locals. Well great this seems like a really great place. In writing you may not be able to tell that this was sarcasm. Both toilet/showers were busy so even though we both needed to go to the bathroom we had to wait to use the filthy things. Finally Dave the owner showed up ...

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 ...

... town the market was organised on the road without bothering to close it. It was like a good french ride. It wasn't flat but the gradients were gradual. <br><br>Then i turned on to the road to Negotin. It was a winding road which went up through a wooded valley past some charcoal kilns. It was steep and it went on forever. Really hard to keep going at; it took maybe 45 minutes to ride up. One of the hardest hills I've ever ridden up because it was so long ...

102km Best: rolling hills and empty roads Worst: Snakes crossing the road And the riding just gets better..... I will let the photos do the talking, but just leaving Svishtov I passed a massive Roman site at Nove. Needless to say had the place to myself. Arriving at Ruse I checked into a super place called the English Guest House. Strongly recommended if you can get a room (only has 6 ...

Golubnec to Donji Milanovac Distance 50km Best bit: Castles for breakfast Worst bit: running over a lizard This was a fun town to be in. The lady at the tourist information was fantastic in finding me somewhere to stay, with a lady called Angelika who too was lovely. I sat in the garden sipping some green alcholic liquid which burned the insides, while a ...