The sleepers do get booked early. We got a first class compartment going to varna, then booked the sleeper back to sofia as soon as we arrived in varna. Unfortunately you can't book them on-line either. The first class compartment was good, though, and the seat fold right back so you could sleep if ...

I would take the train and hire a car in Varna. The trains are really not that bad, much cheaper than the petrol you would have to buy; much safer; you get to see the scenery properly, rather than staring at the back of a truck doing 40kph; you can get up and stretch your legs and if you are lucky e...

It also depends on your reasons for buying in the first place. If it was to make a profit then you have to be disappointed with the way things have turned out.

Ask away! there's a lot of experience here. Just don't mention smoking bans, guns, crime....

This very true. The biggest barrier stopping people coming to Varna and the surrounding area is the difficulty/cost of travelling there. Either spend a fortune on direct flights or have some planes, trains and automobiles odyssey, which is fine for some, but not for families. I often wax lyrical abo...

They will need several new runways for all the flying pigs to land on.

I'm probably on my own here, but I think I preferred the worn concrete. It seemed more authentic, Now it looks like every other small provincial town.

Just wondered why this thread no longer appeared in the list. This is what happens when an unelected official is not overseeing things. Keep the thread going - it's more interesting than the usual stuff about where to buy cement. (no offence intended to those looking for cement bargains).

So when you get ill you won't be on the first plane back to the uk to use the NHS paid for by tax-payers then?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to do the journey and have thought about it a lot, but could do without the jams, the sleeping in car parks, the back ache, the tolls, the staring at the back of a truck (or if a passenger the embankment of a motorway). The train gives you freedom to stretch your legs an...