So, last week was incredible. I can't even find the right words to describe it. I think that it will sound wrong and stuff, but it was absolutely great. After a ten hour drive we got to the not-so-sunny city of Bansko, Bulgaria. I say not-so-sunny, because, well, it's a mountain sky resort. It's not supposed to be sunny this time of year. It's freaking February. So yeah, all my blabbering aside... it's might as well be sunny or whatever, I would still love it.
We got at the hotel we were staying in at about 5 o'clock I guess. So yeah, it was a loooong car ride. I read like... half of the book I had with me and a fashion magazine which had Lady Gaga (BLEAH!!!!) on the cover. Then we checked in. Uhm, yeah, the GREAT surprise was that me and the other three girls (Malina, Andra and Ileana) were sharing an apartment. That was fabulous! (Uhm, after three days the room wasn't all that fab with clothes thrown all around... but that's just another story)
So got to our room - which was strategically almost in the opposite side than our parents' rooms, for some reason. One thing that I forgot to mention is that, well, it was my first time in Bansko, whereas all the others have been here like... two times already. It took a little to get used to - considering that I have absolutely no sense of direction whatsoever. Our room was quite large (in comparison with the other rooms in the hotel). The only inconvenience was that we had only one bathroom. For four girls to get ready in. But we totally managed.
Then, we got directly in our swim suits and went to the pool. I realized that I can't really breath in the steam room, but well, it was OK. Then, we went to dinner and then directly to the pub <3. I've heard stories and tales about the Friendly Pub from my friends, but you can't really say how cool it is without actually being there. Words cannot describe it. Well, mine surely can't. We walked in and I was mesmerized. The guys that played (Kiro and Daniel) stopped singing as we got in. We waited for a table because we didn't have the chance to reserve one beforehand. We sat somewhere quite far from the band, but it was okay. I mean, the music was great. The atmosphere was even better. Could you actually guess what we drank? Well, tequila is somewhat like water for us... So if you said tequila, you're right. Then, a group of English guys taught us a really great game. Basically, you should take a paper napkin and place it over a beer glass. Then you place a coin in the middle of it, over the glass. You take a cigarette and burn around it until it falls. The person who makes it fall loses. (I will tell you what toll this little, innofensive game took once it fell into Malina's lap)
The second day everyone went skiing. Everyone but me that is because I don't know how to. And one of my toes hurt like HELL. Oh yeah, and one of my knees because I fell on the ice one day before leaving Constanta. Joy! I actually had a really big bruise on my knee. And it looked awful, all purplish and stuff. Whatever. And, well, I promise that I will try to ski next year, but right now, I was just into some relaxation. I went in town with my parents - yeah, I know, patetic - but it actually helped me to learn my way around. I saw the center of the city and stopped for a black tea - yumm, I'm practically addicted to it. The weirdest thing is that I have absolutely no problem drinking it before going to sleep. I actually can sleep more if I drink black tea. Yeah, I'm weird. But enough with that. I came back to the hotel about the time the girls came back from skiing. So we went to the pool, of course. That's where we made some new friends. Two girls from England (Eleanor and Daisy) and Daisy's mum. They are really cool girls and we actually met them at the pub too.
Then it was pub time again. This time we got our usual table - yes, we had an usual table next to the band. Yeah, we're that cool :)). Just joking... but seriously... I don't actually think that something incredibly out of the ordinary happened. We just had a lot of fun, as usual. We went home, danced a little in our room. The music wasn't all that loud or whatever, but the next door neighbours called the reception. The receptionist and a security dude came over to our room to tell us to keep quiet. It's safe to say that we weren't exactly changing especially because we were getting ready to go to bed. But as soon as we opened the door the guy got an unexpected smile on his face. So, yeah, you get it. So we continued. And the woman next door came herself to tell us to cut the noise off because her son couldn't sleep. That's when we started wondering how old was her son, actually... :))
The next day I walked around very much, which might not have been the best idea because it was snowing outside. And I got back to the hotel literally drenched. God, it was so annoying. I mean, my hair was partially wet and so where half of my clothes. OH! I can't believe that I forgot to mention that I saw the mall. Not impressive. At all! But at least there were shops. (I'm so optimistic sometimes). I guess it's pretty useless to say that well, we went out this night too, right? Yeah, we sang and danced around. A group of middle aged English dudes that were sitting at a table near us were drunk as hell and were really funny. One of them - the oldest one, I think - actually stood up on the seats and started dancing and singing. Then, they dragged us off our seats and made us dance with them which was quite funny. But then one of them started making some uhm... comments that are not to be made, sincerely speaking. I mean, uhm, whatev.
Uhm, I think that our neighbour came again to tell us to keep the noise down because her son can't sleep. I can't really remember. That wasn't an important fact, right? :)).
I don't really remember what I did the next day.. Weird :)) but whatever. The most important thing was that we went to the pub and well, played "I've never...". This was the night when we danced a lot and sang a lot. And most of us got a little drunk. Who am I kidding? All of us got at least A LITTLE drunk. And that's the night we met some new friends, cause what the hell?! we're really sociable, aren't we?! We actually met a group of really cool Welsh guys (Ben, Harry, Tom, Andy - whom I hate, a guy whose name is Joby I think...). And weirdly enough they were just as drunk as we were, so that was somewhat reassuring :)). We lost at skandenberg - of course. Uhm. I was quite sober when we got home :-??. However, the most important person we met there was George. Well, I think that he is pretty much a local legend of the place. I mean, he is a snow instructor that always sings (The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)). That is
his song and no one else's. So basically, we drank and sang with him which was really funny.
The next day I went up the mountain and froze to death. But the view was breathtaking. The snow, the trees covered with it, the slopes, the people skiing and boarding. I took some pretty good photos, I guess.
The last few days were pretty much a blur of awesomeness. I mean, the days were spent shoping, ice skating, partying in the pub with our British friends. The day before the last was Malina's birthday party and we bought her a cake... which was quite hard to find. We went to the reception and ansked for one. Well, the receptionist called our room and that was when I thought that she would figure it out, but she didn't :)). Yeah, that was really fortunate. It was a total surprise. We actually fed the whole pub with at twelve o'clock. And it was incredibly fun. I was actually dressed in a skirt!! :O:O:O. Me and Malina did our tequila bottle dance which was fun.
I'm sure I'm totally missing some highlights but I'm really tired now. OH GOD, i can't believe I forgot to write about this. Malina was insanely evil when she made people drink some incredibly disgusting shots when they lost a coin game (i explained it). Uhm, so she mixed the most.. I don't know... weird stuff in that thing. I mean, mustard, ketchup, salt, pepper, coke were just the start. Oil, vinnegar and other things that didn't mash were the other part of it. I took one - they actually filmed me doing that... Andra took two, and the Welsh guys took a couple themselves. So yeah. Not a really nice memory.
Oh, not to mention that I've accidentally burnt a part of my hair. It was just a little and you can't actually see it, but uhm... Whatever. It was incredibly scary. We also met some other British guys (Arron and Bradley). So yeah, we made a ton of new friends, I guess.
The last day was pretty major. We went out at... 7. We usually went out at about 8 and a half. And we first went to Harry's Bar to see another guy playing. Only me, Malina and Ileana went, but it was really cool. Then, we went to the Friendly Pub. The band dedicated a lot of songs to us, we had a lot of fun, danced. Unfortunately, it was a little sad, cause it was our last night. Then after the pub we went to Happy End - i am not sure if that was the name of the club, but whatever. It was uhm, quite sad, though. Then, we said good bye to our Welsh friends and went back to the hotel. We had to pack up our luggage. And then, well, little sleep. And another road trip back to Romania. It only took longer this time... because of all the snow covering the road.
The end. Until next year.
[I don't usually post these kinds of stuff here, but whatever, I just felt like it. If you have a problem with it take it up with... ME! :))]
