Day 12 Bulgaria Shiroka Laka

It's been wet, blustery and freezing. We had plans to hike near Devil's Throat Cave today but it rained so much and with snow on the roads deterred us from driving much further. So we changed tack to hike closer to our hotel, in a small ancient village called Gela. When we got to Gela, the village was so ancient that the houses were all battered, broken and like a ghost town. The rain got heavier, the wind more blustery. We changed our minds about the hike. Whilst thinking of what else to do, Ruby spotted signs to an early Basilica from the Byzantine period, so we drove looking for the ruins. When we got there, we could hardly get out of the car as the rain got even heavier. We did a quick look at the ruins and got quickly back to the car.
We had to switch to plan B, and headed to Shiroka Laka Hotel, to while away our time, as the restaurant there had panoramic views.
With the help of the English speaking waiter, we managed to get information about a mineral bath only 15mins away called Bedenski Bani. It's only a tiny pool that is very warm but not very well maintained, only 3€ for both of us. We had to keep silent in the bath and the sign in the bath is quite hilarious.
We spent an hour at the bath when we were only meant to be there for 15mins. The person in charge even came in to check in on us and said something in Bulgarian, we gave him the thumbs up and he left.
We headed back to our hotel after the bath and were supposed to do a small hike starting from the hotel but the rain had not abated.
We had a little picnic from the leftovers of our previous meals in the room instead.
Using this time to catch up with calls and messages.

Walked only 3.2kmRead more