Finally on the way to Bulgaria

At Gardermoen before departure. A month’s holiday ahead of us.

At Gardermoen before departure. A month’s holiday ahead of us.
On Wednesday we met Vanja and the family on the way to Varna. Here we drove together to a place that runs fishing tourism outside a village called Venelin. Here they use pumps to pump water over to the other side where the tourist cabins are located. Then the tourists can sit right outside the…
At 09.08 we drove to Solnik where Zdravka, a construction engineer from Varna, and Evgueni, together with his wife Roumi, were waiting for us. The building engineer named Svetlana had to inspect the farm to take aim and form an impression of the place. They discussed back and forth in Bulgarian, and Evgueni translated roughly….
The next day we were invited to a barbecue party at 10 in Solnik. Vanja, Georgi, Plamen and Galin had prepared lots of delicious food and drink. Not often do we drink rakia at that time of day. It was so nice to meet the family again, The barbecue in Solnik was part of the…
After breakfast and coffee we started our home back to Byala. I chose a shorter way back than when we came, but it turned out to be a much bigger detour. But we got to see much more of the villages on the road, industry and proximity to one of Bulgaria’s power plants. Not quite…
This time I traveled with LOT to Sofia, rented a car for 14 days, and drove to Svetlina, a 3-4 hour drive, mostly on the highway. It was good to be back. Some of the railing had fallen off, so it was time to come and check the rest of the railing that is not…
Today we decided to go for another walk in the mountains at Golitsa. But this time I wanted to go east when we got to the ridge. So we started fresh in an easterly direction, but unlike the westerly direction, this path went through dense forest. Here we could quickly meet a herd of aggressive…