Bulgaria – 2007
mcdog

Hot Coffee

We manage to fall out of bed at a reasonable time, it’s still morning, and get down for breakfast in the hotel. Then it’s back up to the room for a cuppa.We head down to the beach to marvel at the acres of browning and burning flesh and drink an espresso. One of our first impressions of Bulgaria is that a decent espresso is easy to find, and we are confirmed espresso addicts. A cup of hot espresso, try finding that in the UK.

Vodka

I looked at the shelves in the corner of the shop. There were a lot of brands of vodka. Which to choose. Lots of them were cheap, or at least a lot cheaper than the imports, and if it’s to be mixed with orange juice does the quality really matter? So I chose the one with the dope leaf logo. It wasn’t the cheapest, it wasn’t the dearest, I didn’t really look at the prices and I didn’t really look at the full display. I saw the one with the leaf and the choice was made. Slightly over 3 quid. Sold.
Back at the hotel I noticed that the name of the brand was The Spirit of Mary Jane Vodka. Ahh, that explains the leaf then.

Bathroom Service

Call me an old fuddy-duddy stick-in-the-mud, but what’s a telephone doing in the bathroom? A hotline to reception? Help, I need more toilet paper, can you send someone to scrub my back?
We should be told.