Cheers to Kim for taking us to the airport at silly o clock.
Got talking to a Bulgarian girl on the plane over - she was lovely, but warned us of all the theives, bad water and general nastiness of Sofia - this did not impress Joss.. Took the bus to town, where we got talking to some Hungarian and French guys who just so happened to be going to the same hostel as us, and it turns out that we are on pretty much the same itineray and will be getting the same flight back in a week! Hostel was great - loads of place to chill out, and decent brekkie and spag bol for dinner - attracts a lot of long term stayers from Australia who are suffering from burn out. Good social place. Had to rtell Jo that not all hostels are this good - even the showers work!
After dumping our bags we walked round town for a few hours - plenty of churches of different denominations, mosque, synagogue etc. Weather was fab, 26 degrees, a far cry from the near freezing temperatures back home. After the pasta meal we had a few beers in the hostel before setting off to student town (with the guys we met earlier plus some German people) and its abundance of bars and clubs - not really my cup of tea - but the prices were good and the Bulgarian music was entertaining. Joss made us leave at 2am. Next day I had a rancid hangover, but we attemped to go the the nearby mountain. Unfortunately the wather had turned and bus driver informed us (via a helpful translating passenger) that the road could not be accessed. This was disappointoing as would have been nice to get out of the city, as the rest of our holiday is gunna be city based.
Plan B was the Museum, got there to be told it was shut. So we went to a half empty food market and bought some spices. Evening was cool - shaggy was playing in town, but we missed him as we went to an aprtment that sold beers from a fridge then a candle lit barn/pub down some alley and finally a place that is named after the chemist that used to be there. More thumbnails ...
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