Varna, Bulgaria: Day 2

Jill, Steph, and I rose the second morning with one mission in mind: sushi and beach (is that two missions?). Imagine our delight when we discovered a sushi restaurant on a beach, with cabanas and large beds and fake palm trees. Turquoise palm trees! We spent several hours basking before deciding that instead of being served sushi in the hot sun whilst sweating, we would rather eat inside the restaurant. We settled into a table with some Sapporo and a delicious-looking (CHEAP!) menu before I realized, very sadly, that it was going to be near impossible to translate to our waiter that I hate seaweed and never eat sushi without my beloved soy paper. Actually, I believe it was very likely that they did not even have soy paper. I grudgingly accepted that I would be eating seaweed and ordered raw salmon maki and avocado maki with a side of white cheese fries (duh) to share. The seaweed is much better in Bulgaria. We enjoyed an extended lunch/dinner hybrid and ordered a fruit salad for dessert that was almost comparable to the incredible concoction from Croatia (remember: fresh fruit, gelato, strawberry sauce…).

After fattening ourselves, we went back to the ship to shower and nap. Jill was poopered out from our exhausting day (…) and did not want to go out, so Steph and I decided to go by ourselves around 11:30. We sat down in a restaurant that is inside of an old ship (was it an actual ship?) and ordered a giant Bulgarian cheese platter and some olive tapenade to go with our deliciously refreshing diet Cokes (Coke Lights). I also ordered some spicy chicken to eat by myself, as Steph is a bit sensitive to the heat. We enjoyed our very satisfying late late dinner and returned to the ship after an uneventful but very pleasing day.