at least there's mr. baba's

VAR01, Highlights of Varna was possibly the biggest joke of a tour I have ever lived through. A few of us kept on looking at each other throughout the morning and just said “if these are the highlights of this city, it’s going to be a long four days.” Their national archeological museum consisted of gold bracelets, a recreated gravesite, and pieces of Byzantine art that made St. John look like he had leprosy. After Greece and Italy, Bulgaria offered nothing to us in the form of cultural enrichment. So we drank a lot… and tanned a lot… sometimes we tanned while drinking, just to switch things up. If we were really into it, we drank on a pirate ship. The next four days included Club Arrogance, Hotel Plesko, swimming in the Black Sea, a lot of sand, and, overall, just a shitshow of events. The description of what we all did during the 96 hours we were in Varna would take longer than its worth, so let’s just put is this way: this summer was the first year Semester at Sea has included Bulgaria in its summer itinerary; we left Varna, and two days later, Varna was taken off of the list of destinations for summer 2010; this is the kind of legacy we leave.