Sozopol,  still at the black sea coast of Bulgaria we went here after a tip of some people we met in Varna, we were supposed to go to Burgas but due to personal reasons the person at whose house we were invited  cancelled, So we went to Sozopol instead! First we went to a geological site 20km from Varna called the Stone Forrest. Geologist don’t agree on it’s origins,either it was coral or it was formed by gasses rising from the bottom of the sea, they do agree it must be 50 million years old! And to us it looked like the moon! :

Then we drove to Sozopol about 130 km drive, after visiting another village at the coast we arrived at around 7 when everything comes alive with people, market etc. Sozopol is a village that has 5000-7000 inhabitants in the wintertime but around 50-60 thousand in the summertime. We drove into the wrong street! Filled with cars and people narrow and uphill! It took us a while to get out again and find a parking space a bit further! We cooked and put the children in bed and then went downtown!

For the first time in ages just the 2 of us!

It was like a a mixture of Carnival, the fair and a Festival!  Food stands everywhere and restaurants with live music  and then beach stuff  Brilliant! We had a beer at one terrace and another one walking around in the old village, where  the houses were made of wood and beautiful.

The next day we went there with the children (after our swim of course) and we got talking to a young lady selling earrings who introduced us to her landlady who invited us to play in her yard at night.

Katia, Ilonka and Zarro Installed a tent and a light, we got ready and when we started there was nobody…. But the gates where wide open and we decided to start anyway!! Many tourists just wandered by taking pictures (funny people these tourists, they take one picture and they think they’ve seen it all!) But people started coming in to sit down too, and it was a good show after all!

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Zarro took us for a beer afterwards and invited us to come and play in Sophia on our way back! In his theatre.  So if all goes well we will

Jyoti