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Varna's Coffee Machines - The Budget Option
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  • johngayton
  • By johngayton on September 1, 2008
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  • Without Sugar or Extra Sugar? - Varna
    Without Sugar or Extra
    Sugar?
    by johngayton
    Bulgarians are great coffee lovers and as well as the cafes and restaurants there are also dozens of these coffee machines dotted around the city. These outdoor machines actually dispense a perfectly good cup of coffee if you stick to the espresso. At 40 stotinki for a cup, which you can then sit at one of the many public benches to enjoy, these certainly do provide a budget option and if you add a slice of pizza from the take away place you have a perfectly good lunch for about 1.50 Leva!

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  • By johngayton on September 1, 2008
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  • On pl Nazovisimost - Varna
    On pl Nazovisimost
    by johngayton, 1 more photos
    ...you'll have ample opportunity to check it here in Varna.

    Most of Varna's city centre is pedestrianised and on every street you will come across an elderly person with a weighing scale who will weigh you for a few stotinki and maybe have a few bits of bric-a-brac for sale too. These people seem to be perfectly harmless, just trying to make a few Leva to supplement their (if any) meagre pensions and there is no con involved.

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    Learn those backwards letters...
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  • By RockTadgers on August 10, 2005
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  • Pretty much everything in Varna is written in Cyrillic, particularly in the beach bars and cafes. There's not much concession for tourists who aren't familiar with this scary looking alphabet.

    Here's a brief guide -

    è - a backwards N is an 'I'
    ù - is 'Sh'
    ñ - is 'S'
    ä - is 'D'
    ç - is 'Z'
    ö - is 'ts'
    æ - is 'Zh'
    ã - is 'G'
    í - is 'N'
    â - is 'V'
    ÷ - is 'Ch'
    á - is 'B'
    ô - is 'F'
    õ - is 'H'
    ï - is 'P'
    ð - is 'R'
    ë - is 'L'

    There's a bunch more, but these are the basics. It's best to go with the basics first, but the most confusing part of cyrillic are the characters that look like Latin, but in fact do something different. Hope it helps!

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    Local Beach Custom....LOL
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  • By pretty33555 on June 11, 2004
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    Well, it's in NOOOO way National Bulgarian Dish......LOL
    That's just the most popular you can get on Golden Sands' beach :D
    But you know what.................. be aware of beeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz ;D

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    Dancing in the Street
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  • By ettenaj on July 19, 2006
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  • National Costumes - Varna
    National Costumes
    by ettenaj, 2 more photos
    Whilst in Varna we were lucky enough to come across a group pf dancers dressed in national costume, very colourful they were too.

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  • jani79
  • By jani79 on September 2, 2003
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    by jani79
    ...if you meet a shepard with his sheeps and goats in the middle of city.... That's a guarantee that the cheese on your Shopska salat is really fresh!

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    Marina Marina Marina Marina Marina Marina Marina
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  • By pretty33555 on June 11, 2004
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  • Let me introduce to you: my mum, MARINA :D - Varna
    Let me introduce to you: my
    mum, MARINA :D
    by pretty33555
    Yeah, yeah:)))))))I know, not everyone can read cyrillic:))))))) The name at the top is "Marina":)))
    God, these people are crazy about this name!Our hostess was Marina and one of our neighbours was Marina, and on the beach you always hear:"Marina!Marina! Marina come here!...Marina, go there!" :D

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    Pobitite Kamuni, 18 km away...
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  • By Axel-M on August 25, 2002
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    by Axel-M
    Pobitite Kamuni, 18 km away from Varna,
    This locality is a geological miracle with out parallel in the world. The
    stones are so huge that the fossil forests in Argentina and India pale in
    comparison. Seven groups are scattered in a circle with a radius of 3
    km. The Dikilitash Group comprising 300 big and small
    Scientists have been arguing over the origin of these works of nature for
    man)- gears. We simply gaze and rake pictures. The scene is
    magnificent when the miraculous forest is looked at against the
    backdrop of the setting sun. Moonlight makes the picture even more
    exciting.

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    Varna Local Customs Tip (Untitled)
    mgalitz
  • By mgalitz on August 26, 2002
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    In the process....
    pretty33555
  • By pretty33555 on June 11, 2004
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    by pretty33555
    ........................................ O:-)

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