Apparently Americans are the only ones crazy enough to go to the Black Sea in May - we were the only ones at the beach - and it was freezing!
I did get in for a bit though - although I wasn't one of the crazy ones that was willing to jump in.
We were all pretty excited when we got to the concert hall - it felt like we were back with the Utah Jazz!
During our break we found a pretty park overlooking the Black Sea.
Then it was back for our concert. We sang during the first half and then we got to watch these amazing brothers on the piano and trumpet. They were so good!
The next morning we went to church and then headed out on a tour of Varna.
They arranged for us to go inside their main theater and wander around, it was beautiful.
We didn't get to go in the Orthodox Church, because they were having their services, but I loved seeing the exterior, once again, I felt like I was back in Russia.
After our tour we headed back to the resort for some free time. There was a big ballroom dance competition going on in the hotel - it was pretty fun to sit and watch that - it reminded me of Strictly Ballroom. I especially loved all the serious little kids!
This lady had the most amazing hair! I had to take a picture!
We had one last concert Sunday night in Varna at an art museum. Our bus dropped us off a few blocks away - it was so hot - after our hike to the museum we were all dripping - and of course, we were performing in the attic of the building! Warm ups were more like attempts to cool down as we all stood as close to the a/c units as possible!
It was a really beautiful space though!
After we got back to the hotel we wandered around the beach and the resort area one last time. It was a little creepy at night - most of the hotels were empty and completely dark and a lot of the pools were drained. Not somewhere I would want to be on my own!
Of course I had to get pictures of our lovely bathroom and strange blow dryer! We were told this was a four-star resort. I should have known they meant four-star communist era resort!
