We are now in Bansko. It’s been a while since we have been able to surf the Internet. Tried one place in Nikiti, but the connection was so slow that even Espen had trouble reading his mail by using his geek tool. We traveled from Nikiti on Thursday by bus. Had luck and caught a bus heading for Sofia, just had to wait an hour. Travelled to Sandaski and stayed there over the night. Started walking from a small town called Popina (?). Since we are such fast walkers we reached the mountain hut by Mt Vihren after only 6 hours. We stayed there over the night, met a Norwegian couple as well, or more correct – the girl was Norwegian, he born in Bulgaria, but now lived in Norway.
The next day we walked up to Mt Vihren – stipulated to take 3 hours, we did it in 1 and 1/2 hour. Some pictures are available here http://www.globaltravelwriters.com/BulgariaTemplate.html.
Then we got a lift down to Bansko where we now are staying. Had to change hotel, since the first one we tried did not have warm water by the time we wanted a shower. After finally having been able to take a shower, we went out to see Bansko by night. In fact, there was a festival yesterday, with plenty of foreign artists playing. But on the downside, they all played only covers…like being on “Danskebaaten”.
What else, went to the railway station today to see the train passing by, and we waited and waited, no train. So we asked, because everyone started to move towards the bus station. “No train today, don’t know why, this is Bulgaria :-)”
Other things, the Bulgarians have very sexy music videos, PimpDiddy and all you others, just eat your heart out…