We are up early and packed and we heat out to find the coffee shop “Memento” that was recommended to us. A good coffee is what it takes to set the day off right in my opinion! We meet Wendy, Bruce and Brian there and have a snack and coffee before Dave heads off to pick up our rental car at the Hilton. We wander around a bit and stop at a cool t-shirt store where Brian buys a good shirt and I get a scarf before we say our real goodbyes and head back to the apartment to check out. Dave isn’t back yet which is not a surprise at renting cars over here can sometimes be a painful and slow process.
The girls work hard and bring all the luggage down the stairs from the 5th floor as we had promised the host we would be out by 11am. We meet his girlfriend who is lovely and wait outside for Dave to arrive with the car. It’s hot and we are all a bit sweaty from hauling all that stuff!
Dave appears finally and we get loaded up and head out of the city. We are headed to the Black Sea to a town called Sozopol. We have rented an apartment in a large resort and we are excited for some down time!
The drive in uneventful - its a long straight highway in good condition with a good speed limit. We make one stop off in a town for lunch and end up in a mall where we buy some beach toys for the kids and two new bikinis for me! One thing I’ve learned is that over here, it doesn’t matter how big or small you are, everyone wears a bikini - I intend on doing as the locals do! I feel no shame.
We arrive at the resort and have a bit of a hard time finding it, but we do. The person we were told to meet doesn’t speak any english so that poses us a bit of stress, but we do manage to get the keys only to find out (after parking) that you also need a FOB so we have to go all the way back to reception. Once we get to the apartment, the keys don’t work. I am getting frustrated! It’s hot and we have all this luggage and we just want to get in and its like a comedy of errors. Finally we get in! Argghhh.
We strip down and head to the pool. There is one right by our place and its lovely! We eat at the restaurant beside the pool and are feeling much better about life! The view of the Sea is beautiful and the resort is truly luxurious.
There are a lot of Russians here - apparently 90% of the guests, so nobody that we see is speaking any english and the staff don’t speak much english either. We manage though. We are feeling good about the week ahead.
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