Bulgaria Ski discussion board

we were there this year from 24th the snow was ok although it did rain for two days and on the wednesday which would have been about 28th the slopes were quiet sludgey. the xmas dinner we had was ok not what you get here but quiet nice other people said the same about there hotel they do try and put on a good show with some entertainment the dinners seem to start at about 8 in all the hotels and people seem to make an bit of an effort to get dressed up not over the top but more dressy than the usually. we couldnt ski for two days due to the rain, not a hugh amount to do my daughter was 11 and got a bit board, if you have a portable dvd and hand held games machines i would take those, as for the ski lessons if its your first time and no one in your group is an experienced skier i would stay with the instructor as the runs are'nt that easy to read if you don't know what your doing and could easily go from a green to a red and not realise until you have gone to far, our instructor had us skiing down the green runs in two days and by the end of the week we were doing some of the red obviously he knows what you can cope with and only takes the group on what they can manage. 4 hours seems a long time but it flighs by. as for going off on your own if you don't keep up with the group the instructor could refuse to have you back in the class, as you would be holding them back but they unlikely to say you cant go off its your time. the ski passes have a 6 leve deposite which you get back at the end of the week, if you don't like the food in the hotel there are loads of resturants and they are cheap. not to put a downer on your holiday but the instructor did say to us that, that time of the year isnt the best for snow and he has known it not to snow then don't know how often that has been, but as a beginer you don't need to much snow so don't worry. youll have a great time