Easter - May 1st Holiday |
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As most of you are probably aware, Easter was conveniently celebrated on a Sunday this year. All jokes aside the fact that Easter was so close to the 1st of May gave many people the chance to easily take a full week off from work. I obviously followed in with the crowds, spending Easter weekend, Monday and Tuesday at home in the mountains and then moving on to the seaside for the rest of the week.
The general seaside idea, for me, was to experience the typical May 1st pilgrimage to Vama Veche (which I had never done before). I ended up doing a whole lot more as I roamed the Black Sea shores from north of Navodari to Albena in Bulgaria. I spent the first couple of days in Constanta. I then moved on to Eforie Sud to try to shoot some arrows in the official warm-up of the national archery championship (heavy rains, thunder and lightning took care of that idea).
Friday night till Sunday afternoon we stayed in Vama Veche, with a brief Saturday afternoon visit of Bulgaria's northern seashores, more specifically Albena and Balcik.
Vama Veche was very interesting from an anthropological - cultural point of view. There's something very "different" about watching a concert from a broken down barracks / tent sitting on a crippled table with three guys sleeping dead drunk in the mud at your feet.
I have to make a special note about Balcik, where we visited the gardens of queen Mary's summer residence. The place is definitely worth 2-3 hours of one's time for a quick visit.
In all it was a very interesting week, with enough happening to provide material for an entire novel. Picture-wise you'll have to content yourselves with me after my May 1st afternoon swim in Mamaia.
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