Hot in the sunThe Black Sea
One day the wife rang and said she`d had this offer for a trip to Bulgaria. She said she`d have to decide within hours, and there would be three of us going. Just to spite her, I said, yes I`ll join you... ![]() Get into the pool, girl! PHOTO: INGER |
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![]() And then she found another museum. This time in Varna. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Found a shade in Sozopol. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Turning red in Sozopol, this time from the blinds. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Narrow and meandering streets of Sozopol. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Funny architecture in Nessebar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Some more funny architecture in Nessebar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Balcony connecting two houses. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Byzantian ruins in Nessebar. Or were they a bit younger? PHOTO: INGER ![]() That`s where the noize comes from, that keeps us awake at night. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Nessebarian outhouse? PHOTO: INGER ![]() Pooling it... some tanning and some reading. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Eating in the sea? PHOTO: INGER ![]() Another ancient ruin... PHOTO: INGER ![]() ...and we`re posing for album covers. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Just using up the last piece of shadow. PHOTO: INGER ![]() A restaurant in the green. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Having walked round the entire Nessebar Island. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Roman baths in Varna. PHOTO: INGER ![]() More roman baths. PHOTO: INGER ![]() View from Nessebar across the bay to Sunny Beach. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Nessebar skyline. Old fortifications from the 1300`s. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Wall decor in Nessebar`s Ice Cream Parlour. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Nessebarian church. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Downing a chilipepper and waiting for the reaction. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Welcome at Uncle George`s in Nessebar. PHOTO: WAITER ![]() To hot to walk in Varna, taking a train. PHOTO: INGER ![]() From the train, the football stadium in the distance (Spartak Varna). PHOTO: INGER ![]() Attacking another Ice Cream, while dad looks for the sugar explotion. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Posing in front of the Dolphinium. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Three mythic marble figures. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Posing in front of communist statue and football stadium of Varna. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Varna Marine Museum showing a submarine from 1913. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Byzantian ruins in harbour of Varna. PHOTO: INGER ![]() One of the first steam engines, complete with local guide. PHOTO: INGER ![]() A selection of 4 cheeses, a real treat in Varna. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Our residence as seen from the hillside coming back from Varna. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Nice creations on the bed as we return. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Digging into a right heap of Bolognese. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Not digging this... Suddenly Kristine was attacked by this worm... PHOTO: INGER ![]() Then the storm came to Nessebar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Keeping out of the sun as the wind sweeps the streets. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Waiting for the coach to pick us up as we were leaving for home. PHOTO: INGER ![]() View to the north. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Neighbouring hotel not quite finished. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Promenading on Sunny Beach. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() The restaurants take all kinds of shapes, motifs and themes. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Waterwheel turning the barbecue... outdoors along the promenade. PHOTO: INGER ![]() I test a strange restaurant seat as Marilyn does a paint job. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Some were not hot enough, must play beach volley. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Yawning after yet another restaurant chase - watch the strange looking pylons on the one in the background! PHOTO: INGER ![]() Nachos at Mamacita`s, with lots of hot peppers. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Mexican bathing parlour - is that Pacapotepetl I see in there? PHOTO: INGER ![]() Another way of masoning, filling in a doorway. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Another album cover? PHOTO: INGER ![]() An ice cold coffee does the trick. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Chilling on the bus to Nessebar - outside was boiling. PHOTO: INGER ![]() City wall of Nessebar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Sightseeing in Nessebar - have we covered the whole island yet? PHOTO: INGER ![]() Archaeological Museum of Nessebar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Not easy to read Cyrillig museum tags. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Church turned art gallery. PHOTO: INGER ![]() The photographer in action... PHOTO: INGER ![]() ...and posing. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Trekking through Nessebar waiting for the storm. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() You can even get cannabis in Nessebar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Table cloth ll you desire. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Old time toys - do you remember any of these? PHOTO: INGER ![]() Strange architecture and parking habits. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Nessebar Monastry. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Get away, you`re blocking my view... PHOTO: INGER ![]() Drumming for your life. PHOTO: INGER ![]() The paraders parade by. PHOTO: INGER ![]() A one two, she`s got a Ticket to Ri-hide. PHOTO: INGER ![]() The paraders parading away. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Tzipura sounds like a dangerous meal. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Shark sounds like a yucky meal. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() The waiter removing bones from the tzipura. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Tea and biscuits in the hotel bar. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Oh shit, we have people from Mjøndalen here... PHOTO: INGER ![]() This bus stop was boiling... PHOTO: INGER ![]() This beach was also boiling: INGER ![]() And the gulash was boiling too. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Dramatic entrance of the meat on spear. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Behatted visitors in sunny hot country. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Wonder why these were everywhere. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Chairs shaped like tits, asses and giraffes... PHOTO: INGER ![]() Get into the pool, girl! PHOTO: INGER | ![]() |
![]() Cooling it by a fountain along a shopping mall... PHOTO: INGER ![]() ...next to the gekkos. PHOTO: INGER ![]() This little piggy ent to market - and were roasted. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Swedish guide Ewa in the St. George`s Monastry. PHOTO: INGER ![]() One of the eight million cats in town. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Preparing to walk The Walk in Sunny Beach. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() House of Horror. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() No, we managed to avoid MacDonald`s in Bulgaria. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Painting upside down. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Beachcombing in Sonnenstrand. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() What they use for seating in restaurants. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Another piece of furniture. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Getting around in doublebikes. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Tired of the sun already? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() All British bar 24/7. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() View of our pool. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Match viewing tonight... Norwegian football on giant screens. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Cozy in Nessebar. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The Gates to Nessebar. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The Archaeologist found an Archeologium.... PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() ...while others found the Ice Bar in Nessebar next door. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The fish I had for supper (Tzipura). PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() What are they looking at. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Scandinavian cuisine. But why can`t they ever get the Norwegian flag right? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The Archaeologist found another ancient ruin. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() While the Photographist found another Camera Museum. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Have we happened upon an uproar in town? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() No, just a parade... maybe a wedding? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Something between your teeth? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Drumming is my dream. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The Bride`s father and ugly stepmother. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The Happy Bride and her (equally happy?) Groom. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Away to be Archebushed?. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Sunny Beach as seen from Nessebar. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A golden ball hangs over Nessebar. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Oh, I accidentally ruined my wife`s Coke. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() This piglet met it`s destiny in a watermill grill. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A cozy ride through Sunny Beach, perchance? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Kristine had a dogfight with this ice cream creation. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() A monk preparing for his prayer. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Drinking the healing water in the Monastery. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Ewa the Guide learns that St. George`s Monastery was built to ease life for the lepers. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A sip of the Holy Sipura. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The Tzipura is made. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Attending a baby`s Christening. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Lobsters triyng not to be chosen for our supper... PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Hungarian obituaries appear on lampposts. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A piece of the fortification has fallen out. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Kegs of brew yeasting on the garden wall. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() He played the wrong tune; Mona Lisa wlked by the Mediterranean Sea, not the Black Sea. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() This cat had both eyes removed - open gaping eye sockets glowing in the sun. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() The hat`s wet frm sweat - where can I get a new one???. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Angry candles - or what can these strange things be... PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Is this a fossill?. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Lovers they are in Nessebar. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Bathing on a rough beach. (Do you call this a beach?). PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() What an ugly creature... PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Bading Nymph on Wall in front of Sunny Beach. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() What curious looking rocks. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Suddenly we are in Mexico. I kept looking for Speedy Gonzales. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Haven`t you often had the urge to... PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() And now he has to feed her... PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Town Hall in Nessebar. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() No connection. Or no coin. Whatever! PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Gallery formerly priory. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Olympic balancing act. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Uncle George, the Nessebarian in-thrower. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A garden fence made of motorbikes... (NO kidding!) PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Is this a Pobeda?. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() No this is a Pobeda. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() This is a car crash (in Varna). PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Varna still runs a trolleybus system. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Whaaaat? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Under my umbrella? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Bathing on Sunny Beach. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() One? PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Tired of the sun, you bet! PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A Golden Goddess in Varna. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() Entering the jungle at Ropotamo river. PHOTO: INGER ![]() Going for a Ropotamo river cruise. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Showing an interrest in snakes. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Do you see any snakes from the other boat? PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() There`s one snake - or probably not. PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Sit down when in a boat! PHOTO: ASBJØRN ![]() Ropotamo Jungle River Safari. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A tortoise trying to get out of our way. PHOTO: KRISTINE ![]() A yellow snake. PHOTO: ASBJØRN |