Hi - came back on Sunday and had a fab time. Weather on the whole was good - just a couple of overcast, though not cold days. Stayed at the Sever Yug Hotel where I stayed last year. I will do a short review on that just on any updates from last year.

We were delayed a couple of hours going from Gatwick. Everything was fine at Bourgas. Straight through passport control and not too much of a wait for our bags (though it seemed like a lifetime because we were fed up by then). There had been heavy rain the night before and the resort was more like venice when we woke up on the Monday morning. Despite just getting a few hours sleep, we were up for the welcome meeting but the Balkan Rep didn't turn up! I thought this was pretty bad because there are some do's and don'ts that people should be warned about (like money changing). I suspect it was just because the roads were still flooded but when we saw the rep that evening, he couldn't come up with any real explanation.

I did the Blue Mountains, Jeep Safari and Gypsy Market trips. I have kept the list of trips with the prices and days if anyone is interested.

Had breakfast in The Polyusi Restaurant just outside the hotel and that was nice. Meals everywhere we went were good - I don't think we had a bad one. I especially liked that Watermill or Wussermuhl and Tanya. We went to the Gypsy Camp, Village Yard and Dolfin and enjoyed the shows and food. Also Karaoke in the Marbella. By day just vegged out by the pool.

Prices had gone up since last year but it is still a bargain. T-Shirts seemed to be about 15lv each, but they were still 10lv at the Gypsy Market (though there was a lot of tat). A bottle of wine had gone up quite a lot - last year I don't think I paid over 10lv for one, but this year they seemed to be 16lv for the house wine and 20lv for a more expensive one, though saying that in the Gypsy camp it was only 9.9lv. But still OK because a bottle would keep me going for several hours

Coming home was fine - fast check in, straight through passport control and security. They have made some small improvements to the departures at the airport. There are now three small duty free shops (only saw one last year) and they have a had a bit of a makeover and the staff have had an attitude makeover too. There is no smoking in the bar and they have put a canopy and seating over the roof terrace, easing crwding in the departures lounge and you can have a smoke and watch the planes in the cool. MY OH said the toilet were not up to much though - I waited until I got on the plane!Plane left on time. Bags untampered with. So no problems there for us.

Any questions, please ask!