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Well another bobbins night’s sleep, pretty much a repeat of the previous night. Is so frustrating, which in turn probably makes it harder to sleep. Vicious circle, round and round (Vic Reeves used to say that on Shooting Stars but I can’t find a link to prove it).

I’m perking up a bit today even with the lack of sleep. Come a new week on the morrow, I’ll put a full tourist shift in and inspect Veliko properly.

Roughly 2 months in and after coming very close on a number of occassions, I’ve finally lost my Adidas 2 in 1 shower gel/shampoo combo. It’s for some lad or ladette in Bucharest to enjoy now. So this left me in a position of having to source replacements, something which worried me greatly when present in a country using Cyrillic. I mean I could end up with nail polish remover or worse, Head and Shoulders for frequent use with a ginger flakey scalp.

Luckily a lot of the bottles had English on them too so I’m now the proud owner of Wash & Go (did you know that David Ngog’s Liverpool team-mates have nicknamed him ‘Wash’, clever eh) ‘Fruity Boost’ volumising shampoo for normal hair and also Herbs of Bulgaria (I’d rather have Herbs of Jamaica) relaxing lavender shower gel for men. Goodo.

I had a crazy reverse sandwich earlier, the filling was on the outside and I wasn’t sure if you were supposed to eat it like that or place the stuff in manually. It must be the former as there was some sort of mushy relish gluing the bread together. It was hangin’. See the photographic evidence below.

I’m just watching the Sunderland vs Wolves game on the idiot box at the hostel. Why on earth would anyone do that you may ask. Well I have Darren Bent, Kevin Doyle and Michael Turner in my fantasy team (Manchester Oilers), that adds a bit of spice. Ooh there you go, less than 10 minutes in and Bent has just hit a perfect penalty. 4 points, that’ll do nicely.

Speaking of the hostel, it’s possibly the best one I’ve ever stayed at. I can’t think of anything to criticise, and that’s pretty much unheard of for me. So here is another richly deserved plug.

Oh, or maybe it’s here – Hostel Mostel. They have one in Sofia too so I’ll definetely be staying there when I head that way after Istanbul.

The game is over now and finished 5-3 to the Mackems. 3 goals and 3 assists and possibly some man of the match bonuses to follow was the result for me, points galore. It’s tough at the top.

The grub at my temporary residence was a bit different tonight. Some sort of rice dish with peas and other veg through it, though it was a bit of a mine-field for me as there were evil sweetcorns hidden through out.

Going back to the sandwich thing, that’s not the only thing Bulgarians do in reverse. Apparently (I’ve read about it and other people I’ve spoken to have confirmed it), when they shake their head they mean yes and when they nod it they mean no. How daft is that! I’ll leave you with that as a final thought for tonight readers.