Our first full day in the city was spent mostly at the beach, where we were surprised to see many half-naked people, and some that went fully nude. It was surprising at first, and sometimes we wished certain people would have reconsidered, but we got used to it. During the evening, Nick, Lizzie and I trekked to the river behind the beach where Ivo set up his tent. We built a fire and the moon was pretty near to full, so it was a nice evening.

The following day, the 16th, Ivo and I hitchhiked to a town 60 kilometers away called Sozopol. He needed to find a branch of his bank, and this was the closest, and I took Edward's card to find an ATM that would give him money. The first car took us to the next town, Ahtopol, and shortly afterward a car of 4 young people on their way to Burgas took us the rest of the way. They dropped us off about 3 km outside of the town, and we walked the rest of the way, resting for a moment to eat figs off of a tree on the side of the road. After trekking around and searching for the bank and an ATM, we ate lunch at this restaurant that kind of hung over the sea. The view was really beautiful. After, we walked around and found this place with huge rocks that dropped of into the sea. I will upload pictures as soon as I have a chord to do so! My only regret was that I didn't bring my bathing suit, and couldn't swim in that part of the sea.

We took a bus back to Ahtopol, but by the time we got there, it was too late to find one to Sinemorits. So, we walked the other 4 or 5 kilometers in the dark on the side of the road. Luckily, the moon was really bright. When we neared our small city, two other travelers going the other way stopped us to ask about a rave/music festival that they had heard of. We had met a DJ on the bus to Ahtopol who told us about it, and we relayed the information that it was not in the next town, but the one afterward. They decided to walk back with us and go the next day instead, and on our journey back we learned that their names were Arthur (from Germany) and Nisam (from Israel), and that they happened to own the tent that was mysteriously pitched next to Ivo's on the river two nights before. What a small world!

So the next day we relaxed on the beach until around 6, and then Ivo, me, Nisam, Arthur, Lizzie, and Nick got on a bus to Varvara to go to the music festival. We had a great dinner in this huge restaurant for very little money, but the night went slowly downhill afterward. We made it outside of the town to the "music festival" and realized that it was just a bunch of kids and druggies camping out, each blasting his or her own techno music as loud as possible. It was really quite strange, but the moon was absolutely beautiful. It was blood red as it rose into the sky, and afterward was stunningly bright on the water. We slept in Ivo's tent, and awoke at around 5:45 in the morning to watch the sunrise from the beach. It was really beautiful, and ultimately worth the 4 lev bus rides.

That morning we had to get back to Sinemorits by 10 for a boat ride on the river with our compadres, and almost didn't make it there on time due to a lack of buses to the town. Still, we made it there for the boat and spent the rest of the day on the beach and then napping in the hotel. That evening we went to one of the nicer restaurants in the town for a farewell dinner for Edward and Ivo, who both left the next day.

The rest of our days kind of bled together. We ate constantly at this great pizza place right next to the beach (Emily and I always ordered the same thing- a small mozzarella pizza with tomatoes and pesto sauce- so good!) and said goodbye to dear Nick and Lizzie the day after Edward left. On the 21st, Emily and I stayed at the beach all afternoon, had our final mozzarella and pesto pizza, said goodbye to Sinemorits and our lovely hosts who had become like family, and boarded an overnight bus for Sofia.

written by  NarSisyphus on August 14, 2008 from Sinemorets, Bulgaria
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My love, all of your adventures sound absolutely amazing and fun! I can't believe how much you are getting to see and learn!

Enjoy everything and take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to see the world, but remember that we're anxiously waiting for your return! We constantly talk about how much we miss and love you...

mil besos!

written by  The Wife, Diana on September 1, 2008

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