This will be the last post on vacation - promise! After our meeting we loaded the van and headed out with another family across Bulgaria to the Black Sea. We were a bit concerned when we arrived because it was cold and rainy, beaches are a lot less fun when it is cold and rainy. We had a great trip and even stumbled on a Burger King in the middle of nowhere, there was not a town for 30 miles and we were not on the main road. It was like a desert oasis for Americans. The weather did not keep the kids from the beach, they stayed out of the water but worked very hard building sandcastles and such. The sun finally did come out and the kids has a blast. The beach got crowded but we were able to carve out our little area so we could swim and continue construction of the sand castles (this was very important, the kids met and drew plans) and searching for sea shells. The water was super clear you could see the hermit crabs on the bottom, although from a distance the water did look black. It was a little strange. The Black Sea is a big vacation spot for western europeans (English, Irish, Dutch, and Russians) so it was an interesting mix. Since the dutch were in the World Cup final, they were out in full force - mostly covered in orange. Our days were pretty simple. Wake up, go to beach, come home, swim in pool, take nap, go downtown for dinner: Repeat. The downtown area was really nice. It was a main street leading to the peer. Lined with resteraunts and all kind of vendors, selling everything. At the peer was on of those human slingshot things, Miki loved watching people get shot into the air. It was super restful and refreshing. One of the highlights, the American food: Burger King and Subway. It was great and really Bulgarian food, not that hot, so we were not missing out by eating American. We were able to make it home in about 11 hours. We drove all the way across Bulgaria and then almost all the way up Serbia. All five kids were great coming home and Jennifer is the worlds best co-pilot/navigator. We feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to sea this part of the world. 
14 July 2010
Bulgarian Vacation Part 3 - the Beach
This will be the last post on vacation - promise! After our meeting we loaded the van and headed out with another family across Bulgaria to the Black Sea. We were a bit concerned when we arrived because it was cold and rainy, beaches are a lot less fun when it is cold and rainy. We had a great trip and even stumbled on a Burger King in the middle of nowhere, there was not a town for 30 miles and we were not on the main road. It was like a desert oasis for Americans. The weather did not keep the kids from the beach, they stayed out of the water but worked very hard building sandcastles and such. The sun finally did come out and the kids has a blast. The beach got crowded but we were able to carve out our little area so we could swim and continue construction of the sand castles (this was very important, the kids met and drew plans) and searching for sea shells. The water was super clear you could see the hermit crabs on the bottom, although from a distance the water did look black. It was a little strange. The Black Sea is a big vacation spot for western europeans (English, Irish, Dutch, and Russians) so it was an interesting mix. Since the dutch were in the World Cup final, they were out in full force - mostly covered in orange. Our days were pretty simple. Wake up, go to beach, come home, swim in pool, take nap, go downtown for dinner: Repeat. The downtown area was really nice. It was a main street leading to the peer. Lined with resteraunts and all kind of vendors, selling everything. At the peer was on of those human slingshot things, Miki loved watching people get shot into the air. It was super restful and refreshing. One of the highlights, the American food: Burger King and Subway. It was great and really Bulgarian food, not that hot, so we were not missing out by eating American. We were able to make it home in about 11 hours. We drove all the way across Bulgaria and then almost all the way up Serbia. All five kids were great coming home and Jennifer is the worlds best co-pilot/navigator. We feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to sea this part of the world. 
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