Easiest day so far

No riding today and I have managed to procure a charger for the laptop. We are back in business!

This place was a spa at some point in the past. In the background you can see the Black Sea. It's black.

The big church in the middle of town. Nice lighting.

Maybe this bus stop is just a bit over-engineered.

Today we have been strolling around and shopping for said charger in Varna. In the evening motorcycle maintenance and repacking everything. I found another plastic bag of stuff to send home tomorrow.

This place is nice and cheap. We got all sorts of supplies today and had some more beers yesterday evening. It seems that our hotel is next to a nightclub, so there is a constant buzz of people around the bikes. The hotel staff is however doing a very good job of watching over them and we also gave the biggest bouncer in the nightclub a big tip to keep an eye out. It looked like a gay club from the inside as there were no women inside.

In Varna, the roads and buildings have been left to rot after they have been built and only very few of them are properly maintained. Service in shops etc varies really a lot and there are occasions when someone tries to rip you off. But as mentioned, everything is cheap, the local beer is tasty and there are a lot of nice places to chill out. Also there are big malls where you can find pretty much everything you need.

About the traffic in Eastern Europe I could say that in general it is not as bad as I expected. You just have to look around and keep your eyes open. The locals drive in a very aggressive and selfish way with zero regard for anything else but themselves on the road. But they do not want to hit you on purpose either. So, they also keep their eyes open and react to whatever you are doing very quickly.

You can't quite see the the police cars in the picture but the traffic here is dangerous. For bicycles.

Undoubtedly there would be many sights to see and a lot of history. But chances to chill out and stay still for just a while are not that frequent, so that opportunity has been missed.

Tomorrow we head towards Turkey and Istanbul. The city traffic should be worse than anything we have seen before but I am glad that we are driving directly to the hotel. Maybe even without any detours on the countryside.

Lastly, it seems that we are famous. http://www.touratech.se/news/?article=218