Bulgaria Ski discussion board

after pitching up at heathrow this morning about 05:30, we were told that the check in was closed indefinitely for the 08:25 flight to sofia. after waiting a short while, a tannoy announced that there would be further information announced at 10:00. at about 10:30 we were called to go to the check in desk. after queueing for about 20 mins, we were then informed that the flight still was nt coming, and that we could book on the flight for the next day or wait! we opted to wait as our home is a bit away, and we did nt want to risk our holiday being cut short. we recieved our meal tokens and proceeded to enjoy some dinner. at about 14:30 ish we were tannoyed to the information desk, and were then put on a bus to gatwick, where we are now waiting for our flight which is due to depart at 19:45. however we re not allowed through to the departure lounge yet! this delay has been caused by bad weather (freezing fog) at sofia! the flight from gatwick has been delayed since 09:00 this morning! i love travelling!

Well we made it to Bansko eventually at aprox 1pm local today. The flight got even more exciting when the captain announced we were beginning the landing approach to ...wait for it....Bourgas! So at 3am when we eventually landed we waited for our bags for about an hour then got on a 6 hour bus journey to sofia. And of course the coach broke down on the way.... Although luck did go our way at Sofia as there were only 4 of us for Balkan to transport to Bansko so we got a taxi instead of another coach. Within 1 hour of arriving in bansko we were on the gondola and spent the afternoon on the piste! And yes the snow is fab and is worth the wait!!

I recall that 3 years ago we had a 9 hour delay going out to Plovdiv - and I received my meal vouchers just after I had forked out for my lunch!! (didn't go very far at the bar!) Anyway, we got to BLG at about 2 in the morning and reached the Pamps Hotel at 6.00am. There was confusion at check-in and we didn't get the 'right' room until about 6.30am.....an hours sleep, shower and a big breakfast and we were at the lift for 8.45am!! The sheer excitement and adrenaline kept us going until about 3.30pm when we were just physically and needed to come down......but we had a great week! We had a 3 hour delay at the airport coming home - but that flew by as there was so much to do at the airport....whoops that's another post..!!!

We had a great one in La Paz last year. Go to airport at 1pm for flight, wait around for check in to open.... 3pm rolls by (the original departure time) eventually they open for check in about 5. So we check in, get on the plane, taxi down the runway, take off, do a lovely cirle over La Paz and come back to land. The story was we couldn't have landed at our destination (just a 20 minute flight, or 20 hour bus ride away) because of storms. So we go back to the hotel - no they had no rooms left, wander around and find a bed for the night. Back to the airport at 10am for the next flight. About 2pm we are finally allowed on the plane, taxi down the runway... and, slam on the skids and come to a halt just before we ran out of runway. Instrument malfunction. Wait on the plane for an hour, then get taken back to the terminal and wait in there for three hours, and finally, the part has been replaced and we are off - after alot of confusion cos they changed gates on us to one in the international terminal instead, without telling anyone or changing the boards. Up in the air for the grand 20 minute trip, and actually landed in one piece (on a very muddy grass runway) at 8pm that night! Missed our "connection" to a six hour motorised canoe ride up the river, but the good ol' place where we were going had heard about the plane not coming the previous day and re-arranged our travel for us without our having to do anything. Phew.