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17 July 2023
It appears we’re finally in holiday mode, after three weeks into the trip. We slept till 0840 and didn’t leave the apartment till way after 1100. First up, it was the ruins of the Roman baths. We didn’t pay to enter but just looked at them from outside the fence. Next we visited the St […]
16 July 2023
We had a slow morning, leaving the apartment around 1100. Our visit to the Naval Museum nearby didn’t work out as it was closed today and tomorrow, so we’ll have to go on the morning of our departure from Varna. We took an early lunch of various pre-cooked meals before walking to the Dormition of […]
15 July 2023
Today we move from Romania’s Black Sea Riviera down to Bulgaria’s. Specifically, Varna. I had prebooked Mercado Sud’s service online for their only service today at 1000. I ordered a cheap ride on Bolt rideshare around 0900 and got to the bus station where we had a short wait before boarding the van around 0930. […]
27 June 2018
It is amazing how we made the morning disappear with doing very little before our long bus ride to Istanbul at 1200. We walked to Serdika Bus Station (next to the Train and Central Bus stations) where the bus was already there. Surprisingly, Metro Turizm, a Turkish company has Bulgarian-registered buses with Bulgarian livery. Onboard […]
26 June 2018
I had only booked the tour to Rila Monastery yesterday afternoon so it was lucky that there was availability at the last minute. It is not easily accessible by public transport. The bus left at 0900 from behind the St Alexander Cathedral (cathedral for the Bulgarain patriachate). We had the intention of visiting the Cathedral […]
25 June 2018
We had booked the 1030 bus from Veliko Tarnovo’s station to Sofia. We walked downhill to the station. The 3h bus ride was all smooth except Kim needed the toilet as a result of the diuretic effect of his blood pressure medication. The driver obliged with a stop since the onboard toilet was locked off. […]
24 June 2018
We joined a free walking tour today at 1100. There wasn’t much that we hadn’t seen per se, but the knowledge and the anecdotal snippets given by the guide were very informative: The Cyrillic alphabet wasn’t invented by/for the Russians but for Bulgarian. It wasn’t invented by St Cyril but his students based on his […]
22 June 2018
With a 1030 departure to Bulgaria’s old capital Veliko Tarnovo, we had a leisurely start with some muesli and milk before a taxi ride to Hotel Horoscop where the bus would leave from. Here we finished our Romanian money with coffee, pastries and some takeaway sandwiches. The Pegasus van service (pre-bookable online) was god-sent and […]