A stranded literary genius in a world of advancing science and conflicting religions.
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A stranded literary genius in a world of advancing science and conflicting religions.
However, only young so has the potential to make his writing mark yet.
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Borovets is the second largest ski resort in Bulgaria, an area now open for investment and exploitation of its huge potential due to Bulgaria's recent joining of the European Union. However, beware fellow skiiers that you cannot use Euros, but Bulgarian Levs.
There are a vast variety of hotels, which are within 15 minutes walking distance of each other and the slopes at fartherst, all of which can be reached by taxi or horse and cart(a nice traditional element, if slightly smelly). The hotels range from the imposing communist styled 'Samako' to the quaint little 2/3 star ones further away. The ones like the Samako have everything from a bar to a shooting range, whereas if all you want is a few drinks before a quiet night I would recommend one of the smaller ones. I cannot remember the name of the one I stayed in(it was a year ago), however it was one of the smaller ones, the service and the cleanliness was good, however less could be said of the food.
The food at the hotels generally is what could be described as 'Bulgarian food trying to be English', slightly odd cakes, strangely shaped sausages etc, the hotel I stayed in had it all in a buffet, which didn't taste very good, but was at least convenient. Outside the hotel there was a couple of mini-marches where you could all your biscuits etc, a smaller version of tescos. The restaurants themselves seemed to sell mostly pizza and beer, as I said, trying to be english.
The nightlife itself, there wasn't any clubs, there were however plenty of bars, but to be honest, apart from old men and the odd group of english chavs looking for cheap drink and a cheap holiday, nothing much happened. It was however nicer to look out on a ski slope while drinking than on an English city centre.
The slopes could be divided up into parts, the mountain which took 30 minutes to get up to by Gondola, but however was a nice ride back down again with a variety of slopes for you to try out.
Then the 'bottom bit', which took a few minutes on the chair lift to reach the top of, there was a good variety for all levels here, with 2 or 3 slopes for each grading. However, I never saw much for the off pister, and when I tried I just ended up in hip waist snow which obviously wasn't meant for skiing at all. So don't try it.
There was snow machines, but I never saw them switched, the week I went had a good layer of snow, so I guess I was lucky.
Most of the skis to be rented are generally quite old, but completely usable, for first timers, watch out for the wet floor!
There are lessons if you want them, the teachers are all friendly enough, but after a couple of days the lessons get quite boring and you can just go off by yourself, I suppose it depends what ability your off, there is classes for all abilities, and I guarantee you'll learn something, however for the more advanced skiiers, it will quickly tire having to wait for the slower people. BUt it is a good socialising opportunity as there are drink stops.
Overall a good place, the Bulgarians are great, and this little resort is a haven compared to the rest of the country, however I think it's too angliscied and you don't really get to see a lot of the Bulgarian culture which is a shame.
For those interested in the linguistic aspect, I recommend learning at least a few phrases, you might even be lucky enough to be given some free food, after all, who knows Bulgarian?
Bulgarian is a slavic language and does NOT use the roman alphabet, so it would probably be better learning of a tape, unless you want to be fluent, in that case, move there ;)
In conclusion, it was good enough for me to going back there in a couple of weeks time.
Bon voyage!
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Advantages: brilliant skiing, alpine village prettiness,great English speaking ski school, Close to Italy and other resorts. Disadvantages: Not to great for veggies and nightlife fairly low key.
Fiona_Tims 15.12.2000 ·
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