Nessebar morning, Varna afternoon

We had a free morning in Nessebar, so spent more time wandering the laneways and multitude of churches, as well as the Roman ampitheatre and port. The streets were quiet early but soon got busier when the tourists who stay at Sunny Beach on the mainland, commute across for the day.

The ampitheatre was disappointing compared to Plovdiv, not only in size, but because it's mostly restored in a modern style.

We walked the coast track, ďipped a toe in the Black Sea and bought lunch from a small back street bakery, at a fraction of the cost of the central tourist lane.

We departed for Varna at 2pm, across the Balkan Mountains again, and had a stop for afternoon tea at a roadside bakery. As payback for her trying Vegemite, Nadya insisted we try boza, a fermented wheat drink. It's a Bulgarian breakfast staple, usually with a banitsa (pastry filled with feta cheese), with a pungent odour (like Weetbix Oliver thought), yoghurt consistency and very sweet taste

We arrived in Varna around 5pm, checked in to our hotel, which is on the main walking street and explored the area on foot before having tea at an outdoor eatery in the walking street.Read more