Ep. 34: It's nice, really nice. Varna, Bulgaria Travel Guide

Audrey, you're about to go for a bike ride in Varna

Are you excited about this? Hippie. No, honestly. No, I'm nervous to ride the bike. Why

Because Bulgarians drive like crates, see, mania. And how are you at bike riding? Not so good

Are you gonna be good with switching gears? I'll figure it out

Okay, so we're off, we're going to the beach, we're going to the beach, and we're going to the beach

Let's go. Join along. When a beach drops out, how many people go, you still be there, still be there, still be there, still be there

So we're about one block from the beach now. We gotta find a pharmacy, we need contact solution, so that's probably where we're gonna

get that first along the way there's supposed to be one right around here. And Audrey is phenomenal back

How's that look

Are you surprised? Kind of. Pleasantly surprised? Yeah. Okay, so we just went for a nice swim

It was actually a lot nicer than we thought the water was gonna be, right

Thought it was a lot better. We heard a lot of things about like seaweed What else did you hear Maybe seaweed Yeah just the water having seaweed there It did have certain areas had seaweed but other areas were crystal clear I mean really nice clear water

So we had a real wonderful time. We'll be back. Benchline, after all the great times, I just want to know that feelings in your heart

Okay, so we're here at South Beach in Varna, Bulgaria. And we're just kind of cruising around on our bikes, checking out the neighborhood

our neighborhood now and trying to get a feel for all the beaches. This one we were

here the other day and it had a like a lot of loud music like party music, real festive

We thought it was going to be going on today. It's a little bit quieter. I would say

we still like our other beach better, a little bit better. It's a little bit quiet. Sunny

day beach. A little bit quieter. The water seems a little bit nicer. So we're actually

going to go head back there. And then if we stop along the way we'll do some video

Sounds good. Yeah. so we can see what the Bulgaria South Beach in Bulgaria looks

When the beach drops out, when the people go on, you still be there, still be there for me, child

So we've been kind of discussing that a lot of what we feel around here is kind of like when people go to Myrtle Beach

or maybe Panama City Beach in the U.S. It's kind of like that feel like

Yeah, that coastern vibe. So people from all over the states flock to that area, right

And so here it seems like we're seeing a lot of license plates from Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Ukraine. Moldova. Moldova

All sort of flock into this area because it's sort of the nicest, cheapest area in the region

When the beat drops out and the people go on you still be there still be there for me each hour When the lights flow you going to say Everybody seems to be there still be there for me each other

Don't you think, Hunter? Yeah, I think it's nice. And what were you going to say

Well, we were just talking about, like Harry said, everybody seems to be from all these far Eastern European countries

blocking to the coast. So Varna was really never a stop that we were planning on our Bulgarian trip

But we said, why are we going to leave the coast? Right? Mm-hmm. The further you get inland, the hotter it gets

So we're just decided to check out the coast. Extend our stay. Yeah, and just enjoy the coast a little bit more

Extend our stay, enjoy it. Why are we going to go run inland, right? Yes, when everybody's fleeing away from it

When everyone's fleeing away. Yeah. Awesome. Let's continue on. Let's go. What's that, Audrey

I keep, every 10-way drive passes, we say, it reminds us in Thailand. A little bit, right

Yeah, with the affordable beachfront vacation and all the little shops. All the little roadside restaurants has a very Thailand feel. Oh

So you run somebody over. Thailand, just like in Thailand. Is that a total Myrtle Beach type of attraction behind you or what

A pirate ship on a building. They're selling cheese and souvenirs inside

I'm sure they are. But it actually smells pretty good. When the beach drops out and the people go on

you still be there, still be there for me, child. When the lights are

We're in Varna, Bulgaria, and this is the apartment we're staying at

This is the pool. Very nice pool. We've had it to ourselves basically all week because there's almost nobody here

It's a brand new building and we've kind of lucked out. So it kind of like we have a private pool for about a night And we about I don know five minutes from the beach on bike The apartment comes at two beautiful bikes that we love because it allows us to get around real nice and easy

Are you having a nice time at your apartment? Pool. Swim, beach, tan

It could be this way. Yes, traveler's way. Actually, I think that's a Jersey shore

so I don't know what she's talking about. We're in Bulgaria and of course the water wind town

So we have this beautiful kitchen. and we're not able to turn on the water

Now Audrey's biggest fear is the toilet. So let's say she wakes up, has to go bathroom

and she can't flush the toilet. So what we're gonna go do, hopefully, this is the plan, is we're gonna go it down to the pool

and fill this jug up with water, bring it back upstairs, and use it to flush the toilet

Because the water's not supposed to come on for like another 12 hours. So let's see if this works

As we heard, welcome to Bulgaria. Welcome to Bulgaria. Okay, so it's midnight here

We just came out here with our 10-liter jug of water. We just used to go into the darkest section of the pool, so no one hopefully will notice

And we filled up our 10 liters of pool water. They used to flush down the toilet

Get it, get it. Okay, so we got the water. We're back in our apartment

The best part about the water is it's already chlorinated. So our toilet should actually be cleaner through this process than through regular water

regular water, which that's a big perk