We breakfasted in our room, having purchased muesli and milk yesterday. Though included in the room rate, hotel breakfasts of meat and cheese do not do the job of setting us up for a day of cycling.Less than a week to go; 5 cycling days and one more rest day. The end is in sight! It will be strange to get back into normal life again after weeks of being in our own community. We will miss some of the people whom we have come to know really well, spending all day every day for seven weeks together with them. Sun up as usual nice and early, light by 5am. Yet another sunny day with cloudless sky.
We left Varna at 7.45 in convoy. Over a large bridge then up a 12k hill for starters. Rejoined Highway 9 on which we then stayed all day. It was a lovely road surface to ride on. A hilly day, lunch was at 60ks and then a 26km climb! We climbed a total of 1400 metres today. Most of the day was through forest area. There was an accident between two cars before lunch which we came upon.We went into Nessebar which is an up and coming tourist area with huge numbers of new developments. It is also the site of a 5th century Roman and Greek port, but gelato stalls have taken over. However we had a lovely break sitting on a floating dock at a restaurant having a cold drink and sharing a pizza. We were with Manon and Graeme and Nicole all day.
The whole coastline is being developed with hundreds of apartment blocks as tourism increases to Bulgaria and the Black Sea. We then travelled on to our hotel about 11ks up the highway. We were very happy to find a pool at the hotel at which we could swim and relax. Then after dinner a musical entertainment began. So there was dancing and singing until late. The music was excellent and we had a great time, John and Jos even sang a number or two. All in all a great day. We travelled 111ks in 5hours 57 mins, averaging 18.8.
We left Varna at 7.45 in convoy. Over a large bridge then up a 12k hill for starters. Rejoined Highway 9 on which we then stayed all day. It was a lovely road surface to ride on. A hilly day, lunch was at 60ks and then a 26km climb! We climbed a total of 1400 metres today. Most of the day was through forest area. There was an accident between two cars before lunch which we came upon.We went into Nessebar which is an up and coming tourist area with huge numbers of new developments. It is also the site of a 5th century Roman and Greek port, but gelato stalls have taken over. However we had a lovely break sitting on a floating dock at a restaurant having a cold drink and sharing a pizza. We were with Manon and Graeme and Nicole all day.
The whole coastline is being developed with hundreds of apartment blocks as tourism increases to Bulgaria and the Black Sea. We then travelled on to our hotel about 11ks up the highway. We were very happy to find a pool at the hotel at which we could swim and relax. Then after dinner a musical entertainment began. So there was dancing and singing until late. The music was excellent and we had a great time, John and Jos even sang a number or two. All in all a great day. We travelled 111ks in 5hours 57 mins, averaging 18.8.
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