Thursday, April 19, 2012

Varna

This is the view from my hotel window and it seems to be the only impressive building in the city.

I took some colleagues out for dinner last night. Apparently the best places to eat are in the gleaming new shopping malls of which there are four. It is amazing to see these shining beacons of consumerism in a city that is otherwise ugly decaying concrete from the soviet era. I understand that the malls are built for the many tourists that come here in the summer, but at this time of year, they seem like something of an anomaly in an apparently rather poor country.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:28 pm

    That bit looks good anyway - lucky to have the chance to see it.
    Is DK upright yet?
    m

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  2. DK is upright but quite shaky and falling over a bit. I am taking him to the physio who helped with my back on monday. He was also born with a club foot so he was confident that he will be able to help with some exercises.

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