We are parked tonight at a resort complex just outside Breznic in Bulgaria. The location is listed as Camping Breznic but it is definitely not a campsite! We arrived here after a journey over some of the worst roads I have ever driven over, and that includes Morroco! Really deep potholes, half the road missing which had slipped down the hillside and what remained was a patchwork quilt of tarmac repairs. I drove for miles in second gear avoiding the worst of the road but still managed to damage the rear o/s quarter of the van, the same place that was damaged in Austria a fortnight ago. The roads here and in Romania have been truly awful in places. Yesterday we drove along an unmade road for mile after mile, basically a farm track, and this was a road shown on the map with no suggestion that it was not suitable for vehicles. Our journey yesterday took us along next to the Danube and what a wide river this is! We passed by Orsova in Romania and the river is so wide there is a port, a barrage and a dam with a hydroelectric plant. The barges and boats here have to navigate a lock system. As we drove further south the river must have been half a mile wide in places.
When we arrived here, late this afternoon, it soon became apparent that this was not a campsite or stellplatz. But the folk here took pity on us and said we could park in the car park. An old lady asked if we needed a shower and although we have a shower on board she insisted and took us to a shower room attached to a bungalow and fetched us towels, soap, shampoo. A lovely lady. She said we could eat in the dining room, although there was no obligation and we've just had a three course meal with wine, coffee and a cheeky brandy for about £12 for the both of us.
Meanwhile some photos from the last couple of days:
The fortress at Belgradochik
The rock formations
Where we are tonight
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