After finally arriving in Varna more than a little frustrated, the advertised "5 minutes walk from the train station" took over half an hour, and then we found out our reservation hadn't gone through. We were seriously beginning to wonder what we had done to deserve such a crappy day! Thankfully, the guy who ran the hostel (who went to our school!) found us room and we just had a n early night - with not a ray of sunlight caught. Our bad luck continued on Mond...

I just about survived the bus ride to Veliko Tarnovo, despite feeling well rough, and it was a pleasant suprise when our arranged pickup was actually there! The hostel we stayed at was possibly the most chilled out one I have ever been to - quite welcome really after a couple of heavy nights! Veliko is the medieval capital of Bulgaria and had a nice fortress that we walked around during the as per usual baking afternoon. For a Saturday night the town was p...

After a par for the course (i.e. uncomfortable!) overnight bus journey, I was glad to arrive in Bulgaria - hoping for a little easier time of it! I was supposed to be getting picked up by the hostel, but once again nobody was there. As I set off finding my own way, a local guy called Valentine came up to me and started chatting - completely in his element once he found out I was English since his dream is to live in England. He was so keen on just talking to m...