Woke up around 5, read the news and pottered around a bit then went
downstairs to breakfast. If you've read my blog before you will know
that I do like a hotel breakfast.
Knowing that I tend to put on
weight when we travel I decided to restrict myself to just fruit and
vegetables. I started with 2 slices of toast and marmalade (oranges) ,
muesli (had apple, banana, strawberry in it) , orange juice, coffee (not
food, doesn't count).
That was round 1.
Next was baked beans,
sausages and 'beef bacon' because they don't eat pig here. Cows eat
grass, and that's sort of a vegetable, so I figured that was ok.
Then had a fruit platter - watermelon, papaya, orange and pineapple.
Thought about finishing off with an apple danish but didn't want to spoil my dedication to the healthy routine so resisted.
2 of the hotel staff very kindly helped lift me out of my chair, then we got ready to head to the airport.
The
plane was full, but the flight was only 5 hours so it went quickly.
Every one on the plane seemed to know each other and there were lots of
people standing up chatting and drinking.
Sped through passport control (UK passport, but won't be so easy in a couple of years) into the cold - 15c.
I'd
read on Tripadvisor that there are fake taxis in Bulgaria so you have
to visit the desk in the airport to make sure it's the proper one. I
think the fake ones just overcharge and don't drive you to the middle of
nowhere and rob you. So hopefully the one we booked at the desk was a
real one. It does make you wonder why the police or the real taxi
drivers don't do anything about it.
Luckily our taxi took us to our
hotel but did warn us not to walk around at night because it wasn't
safe, and also told us about the fake taxis.
The hotel was clean and the room big, although it was only a double bed.
Neither of us was hungry and we didn't fancy getting mugged, so just watched TV and went to bed.
Tomorrow we're doing the tourist bit.
