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DO NOT GO TO BULGARIA
Author:WFM
posts : 177 (Intermediate)Date : 01-12-11 01:26re: DO NOT GO TO BULGARIA
Alot of other places are great for riding fresh pow , great parks , but again we all like different places for different reasons , money no object .....yes i would ride elsewhere but i can genuinly say i would still come to Bulgaria each year too .....have met more friends and locals who i see year in year out , cant say that for other places i go / ride at ...except my local dome
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If it wasn't for a trip to Bulgaria, Bansko, last year I wouldn't be wasting 000's of £' son 3 ski holidays this year.We had a great time there in February and this year we are trying Borovets having already done France over teh new year and doing Italy in 3 weeks time.
Bulgarian skiing is fine if there is snow, just like any other resort.
A tiny bit of research would have told you that Bulgaria in December/January is risky at best
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Having been going to Borovets in late Jan for the past 10 years, like Shaun states Dec/Jan a bit risky. There has been a dramatic change in snow conditions in the past 3 years and looking dodgy for Jan 22. I have already booked my annual leave for 2012 and intend to give 3rd week inFeb a try next year.
dbt & I teamed many years ago whist in Borovets it seems like a pilgrimage to us, we meet old and new friends every time (Christo Angelov, Kas & Bobby are a bonus) and the skiing whist ...
Having been going to Borovets in late Jan for the past 10 years, like Shaun states Dec/Jan a bit risky. There has been a dramatic change in snow conditions in the past 3 years and looking dodgy for Jan 22. I have already booked my annual leave for 2012 and intend to give 3rd week inFeb a try next year.
dbt & I teamed many years ago whist in Borovets it seems like a pilgrimage to us, we meet old and new friends every time (Christo Angelov, Kas & Bobby are a bonus) and the skiing whist lately limited each run is different.
Hit the bus pass age last November so am taking my family out to Bannf Feb 19th dbt bringing his. Deffo a Bulgarian piss-up.
Been to Andorra and Kitzbul, over priced, ques ques.
Not wishing my life away but Borovets Feb 2012 roll on.
S.P. (Richard)
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I think Des is not worth the words, he/she had her oppinion and thats all, stop to discuss with Des, now chance to win...Sune
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Its Bulgaria-Borovets all day long people ,place, atmosphere you cant beat it. 19th Feb cant wait.Lawrence
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See you there Lawrence, we will arrived around the 16. but stay lower in Samokov town.
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Certainly will Sune take careLawrence
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Do it Man - not a chance mate!Look on the internet all you like - if you went to a top French resort and ate breakfast, lunch and dinner in restaurants and got drunk every night in bars then you'd already be well on your way, if not over the £1k price limit!
Obviously you can do it for a lot less - but if a burger and chips + a coke for lunch is 20E (Avoriaz last year) then 160 Euros a day is easily used up if you're not careful.
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Des is only livid because he wasnt aloud in the strip bars this year
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thats what i thought mattsville!
do it man... in a top french resort i doubt you can get lift pass, ski hire, lessons, accommodation in a private 2 bedroom self catering chalet with sauna less than 5 minutes walk from the gondola. then be able to eat out and get drunk every night and not be penny pinching whilst your out because thats not a good time for me!
i have a budget of £100 per day in borovets and my day is usually full english in the morning with coffee and orange juice... ...
do it man... in a top french resort i doubt you can get lift pass, ski hire, lessons, accommodation in a private 2 bedroom self catering chalet with sauna less than 5 minutes walk from the gondola. then be able to eat out and get drunk every night and not be penny pinching whilst your out because thats not a good time for me!
i have a budget of £100 per day in borovets and my day is usually full english in the morning with coffee and orange juice... ...
thats what i thought mattsville!
do it man... in a top french resort i doubt you can get lift pass, ski hire, lessons, accommodation in a private 2 bedroom self catering chalet with sauna less than 5 minutes walk from the gondola. then be able to eat out and get drunk every night and not be penny pinching whilst your out because thats not a good time for me!
i have a budget of £100 per day in borovets and my day is usually full english in the morning with coffee and orange juice... pizza or chicken an chips or something for lunch with a few pints
then after skiing few more pints and maybe something else to eat go home get changed then hit a restaurant some wine then on the ale for the night usually till around 1 or 2 am!!! home sleep then do it all again ha ha...
its hard work but i like it... cant see me doing all that on under a grand in a top french resort!
i could imagine something like like staying in a half board chalet eating what your given morning and night and taking a few chocolate bars out for lunch... couple of very expensive beers then off to bed feeling ripped off by some snotty french barman!!! i would imagine i would need at least 200 euro per day spending money if i wanted to have the same holiday in a top french resort... then the expense of ski hire lift pass lessons etc...
once im bored of borovets and i can ski really well ill look at going somewhere else but i reckon i would still have to go to bulgaria once a year as well because its a good laugh!
do it man... in a top french resort i doubt you can get lift pass, ski hire, lessons, accommodation in a private 2 bedroom self catering chalet with sauna less than 5 minutes walk from the gondola. then be able to eat out and get drunk every night and not be penny pinching whilst your out because thats not a good time for me!
i have a budget of £100 per day in borovets and my day is usually full english in the morning with coffee and orange juice... pizza or chicken an chips or something for lunch with a few pints
then after skiing few more pints and maybe something else to eat go home get changed then hit a restaurant some wine then on the ale for the night usually till around 1 or 2 am!!! home sleep then do it all again ha ha...
its hard work but i like it... cant see me doing all that on under a grand in a top french resort!
i could imagine something like like staying in a half board chalet eating what your given morning and night and taking a few chocolate bars out for lunch... couple of very expensive beers then off to bed feeling ripped off by some snotty french barman!!! i would imagine i would need at least 200 euro per day spending money if i wanted to have the same holiday in a top french resort... then the expense of ski hire lift pass lessons etc...
once im bored of borovets and i can ski really well ill look at going somewhere else but i reckon i would still have to go to bulgaria once a year as well because its a good laugh!
