{"id":1427,"date":"2012-05-09T17:48:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=1427"},"modified":"2017-02-28T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:56:16","slug":"1997-bulgaria-and-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=1427","title":{"rendered":"1997 Bulgaria and Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took a cheap package two-week holiday to Sunny Beach.\u00a0 The room was strange, quite basic, the single beds were end to end with a table between them and the shower just has concrete walls and floor.\u00a0 The breakfasts were also quite interesting, sort of free for all.\u00a0 The country had only just emerged from behind the Iron Curtain so was poor and cheap for us.\u00a0 The resort on the Black Sea had a pleasant beach and a number of reasonable restaurants.<\/p>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_1423\">\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0001-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Sunny Beach<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_1424\">\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0002\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0002-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Sue with hat<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1429\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1429\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429\" title=\"IMG_0004\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0004-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0004-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0004-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0004.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me windsurfing on the Black Sea<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1430\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1430\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1430\" title=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00011-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00011-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00011-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00011.jpg 1684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunny Beach??<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We took a couple of coach trips while we there, to Istanbul, where we bought a rug,<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1432\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1432\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1432\" title=\"IMG_0002\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00021-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00021-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00021-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00021.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying apple tea in the bazaar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and to Sofia<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1433\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1433\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1433\" title=\"IMG_0003\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0003-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0003-245x300.jpg 245w, 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