No, not the Eastwood epic rather the currency problems facing us Brits going on hols this coming year, ie, The Lev, The Euro and The Pound....and not necessarily in that order.

Seeing as our £ has nosed-dived against the Euro and, although a wee bit better this week ending on £1 = 2.103 Euro's from our local Inter Cash Bureau, the general concensus seems to be a very unstable time lies ahead for us all with regard to our spending money in dear ol Golden Sands. This will be our third visit in five years and could be the most expensive of all. Of course Bulgaria has always been excellent value for clubs/night life/food/drinks/excursions etc etc, and a smaller wedge of lev for your dosh should'nt matter too much overall so just what do one do to get the best rates. The banks in GS always give good rates and secure services and hopefully that will be the same for this year. Would I be better to take Euro notes as they are commish free to obtain over here, or maybe dear ol battered to death Sterling...? Perhaps a quick dive into the Yankee Dollar might not go amiss with Mr Bulgarian Bank Boss...?

No idea of when to actually 'buy' the bloody stuff before we leave for the airport and, apart from waiting till we get to GS to change it into the Luverly Lev, I'm open to any suggestions

This year we're staying at The Nympha in GS from 3/6 till 17/6 on an All Inclusive basis so we could in fact spend very little extra on drinks n food etc....my partner always loves her cocktails from the hotel bar and we do love our excusions and a night out or two but thats about it apart from a few t-shirts/shorts as souveniers.

regards to all...jim.