Villa Breza Guest House Kazanlak

... chip leaders with 4 players left . .
I took my mate down and was in "heads up" poker with a Bugarian fella.
My cards weren't the best . . but I finished a strong second place . . I felt like Arnold Schwarznegger in "Twins" when he read the manual for how to drive a car and then did it!
Needless to say we celebrated after the big win . .
The language barrier is rough . . but after its said and done what reigns when you travel alone is the fast friendships you ...

... of the time all of the beauties around the hotel

Hayan Sophia --> Museum,was a church, then a mosque
Blue Mosque --> Impressive with 6 minarettes one of the bıggest in the world
Top Kapı Palace --> A place that would take already 3 days alone full of history (watch movies, Serail, etc.)
The Grand Basar --> A real challenge for all who only want to see and ...

... it turned out was well situated on the periphery of the resort for it was out of earshot of the all-day and night music that the many bars and clubs thump out at ear-splitting volume. The other good thing about the Allegra Hotel was its pool, in which Bronwyn spent most of her day with the best value for money airbed and ball (left on the beach) by some now distressed child.

Backto Toni

The hotel food wasn't too good even ...

... fort ses ricains)
;)
(c'est affreux le marketing me suit de partout)

Armée d'une seule et même carte depuis sarajevo, une american express qui ne nous permet pas de retirer d'argent mais juste de payer nos courses, nous continuons notre trip balkan.
Vous comprendrez donc que nous vivons depuis quelque semaine sans liquidité, ce qui n'est pas pour nous déplaire!

les vacances sont finies et c'est bien malheureux.
Sofia Region, Bulgaria billboquet

... 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.

Sur cette sage décision,
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)
Cette plage est fantastique, un endroit comme on en aimerai plus ...

This morning at breakfast Dino had to look after Shona for a bit, bringing her tea, making her toast, not because she was actually sick but because of last night and what she got up to with the rest of the guests.

After dinner and watching Bulgarian folk music videos in the hostel, we all decided that because it was our last night together we should head out to a bar, granted it was 11.45 on a Sunday night. Well with small odds of something being open ...

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.



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 ...

Ja, ich versuch mal wieder was zu schreiben... hab meinen ersten baeren in freier wildbahn gesehen...das war in rumaenien...ein geiles Land, das erste in europa wo ich nochmal hinmuss...am besten mit fahrrad und zelt imsommer. Ist ja nicht soweit. Zurueck zum Baeren. In Sianaia auf dem weg nach bukarest bin ich den berg nach oben gekraxelt, dort auch oben angekommen, und war dann zu faul wieder 2 stunden ...

... for the main course and a fruit salad for dessert. It seems Kazanlak is known for the biggest rose garden in the world - they bloom each May and there's a big rose festival the 1st week of June. The town is based in a big valley surrounded by high mountains - it was fun being in the bus going around some of those corners with a high drop on the side. Bring on Nepal!

Well, that's it. I've started the final section of my diary for this trip entitled 'Europe' which will see me back across the Med to my final destination - the UK. Outside it's pouring rain and I'm back in a land of Cyrillics again - this time Bulgaria - already a world away from the aridity of the Middle East. I must admit that it has been good to get out of ...