Corfu, Macedonia and Bulgaria. Definitely the laziest chunk of our trip and quite possibly the laziest few weeks of our lives. There appears to be a very strong inverse relationship between the strength of our tan and the number of things achieved during our days.
What We'll Miss
- The Ohrid fruit and veg market is quite comfortably the best fruit and veg market that we've come across in Europe. The stone fruits and berries in particular are the ones of your dreams
- Automatic coffee machines are on every corner in Bulgaria and given that I've forgotten what a good coffee actually tastes like, walking past and not popping in the equivalent 30c for a quick "espresso" would've just felt wrong
- Swimming everyday and losing a few
kilograms was a nice change
What We Won't Miss
- Chihuahuas. I've crunched the numbers and there are officially 1.2 chihuahuas to every 1 person in Bulgaria. You know when a cat walks proudly alongside you that you're not a real dog
- Bulgarian for thank you, phonetically, is blahgohdahryah. I asked a couple of Bulgarians how to pronounce it and both times after my butchered attempt they stared at me and said, "just say merci"
- Whinging, whining, little sooky children at the beach. Bring back those well behaved German kids!
- Average food. So much average food..
- I thought that Perth's roadworks were an eyesore and an inconvenience. That was before we went to Sofia. The city has essentially been divided in two and crossing to the other side of the main road which would've normally taken a minute now takes at least 30
- Seeing things on beaches that can never be unseen - old, saggy, brown, oiled boobs, kids pooing in the sand, way too many nude kids, semi-erect blokes in budgie smugglers - the list goes on
The Food
The gyros that we had in Corfu was an edible oasis in a desert of shit. It's definitely not a region to travel to for its culinary delights.
The worst of which was a slice of pizza that we had in Ohrid one night. The toppings were passable but the cheese that they'd used was some strange sort of spreadable cheese thing that was worthy of the odd gag. To top it all off it wasn't served on a serviette or a piece of cardboard but a massive square slice of wafer. What the actually f*ck.
The Drink
What's better than paying $2.20 for a 2L PET bottle of beer? Getting home to realise that you've paid $2.20 for a 2L PET that comes with a 20% bonus!! That kind of news was worthy of a beer.
Bye bye Balkans. Hellooooo Turkey!
