Sofia April 2007

[onmyway]

Hello
Have recently returned from Sofia for the long Easter Weekend, and here’s my pennies worth.

As a new place to visit, and despite a few teething problems, I found this city
both charming and inexpensive and within reason, quite safe.
With beautiful old architecture and old trams still rattling through the streets, Sofia met all my expectations as how I imagine any Eastern European medium-size city with character to be like, but with comforts too from the ‘West’ thrown in, but at considerably lower prices. Smart bars and restaurants; wide, wide choice of night clubs and sex clubs and a good choice of centrally situated 4 to much better 5 star hotels (best booked cheaper through the internet).
The girls are attractive and available, if you know where to look, and have no attitude yet but this will no doubt change as Bulgaria progresses further into the European Union and prices start to go up.

But first thing first. In looks what is typical of a Bulgarian girl?
The impression I got and this might be due to a previous long Turkish occupation is
slightly dark skinned/ or pale white almost gothic completions usually with black straight or black curly hair.
I found their English too, to be fair or just to-get-by. The ones I spoke to were sociable and friendly to foreigners. Very sexy dress sense with some blatant cock teasing too from some of the younger ladies I saw out and about wearing the shortest of skirts.
Other nationalities I encountered tended to be from the nearer Eastern European/European countries like Romania, Hungary and Greece.

Summary of 4 Night trip.

Arrived Late Saturday night so the good part of one evening was wasted before I got there. Just bad trip planning on my behalf.

Came in on Austrian airways and was already feeling horny. From my aisle seat I couldn’t take my eyes off one beautiful young blonde cabin crews beautiful legs!

Arrived at the airports new terminal 2 and getting out was fast and smooth.
Had car transfer service pre booked from the hotel for 20 Euros. This is nearly 3 times the going rate but still recommended if you are arriving late at night as the taxi drivers in Sofia can be bad, but I must say I had no problems at any time and on my return back to the airport I only paid around 5 Euros from a taxi I flagged out on the street..

Journey into town and to the hotel took about twenty minutes but as I arrived my heart sank. My 4 star hotel (that should have only been 3 stars and sometimes 2), looked dead and so did the centrally located position on Pirotska Street which was as dark and gloomy as the hotel looked..
Nothing like the glossy internet presentation with busy reception and bar area. The health club with the young massage girls, again advertised, turned out to be closed and for two days the reception was manned by two pissed off looking males who made it quite clear that they would have liked to have been somewhere else for the Easter Weekend.
Worse still, the single room allocated to me was small, depressing, with two tiny single child sized beds and despite there being only a handful of other guests staying I finally got moved to a better room but much smaller, but only after a long delay including hanging around reception while the duty manager sat in the bar talking to his girlfriend.
Lesson to be learnt here:
This is what can happen when you pay for your full stay in advance, otherwise I would have checked-out that very night. As a rule I think, any special deals paid over the internet, no matter what stars the hotel claims to have, tends to be for the most shittiest rooms.
If you really do have to pay in advance, then stick with the well known hotel chains.

So at about 11.30 pm Saturday night, loaded with a bit of background information I set out on foot from the hotel and hit the darkened streets.
Big mistake as it was Easter Weekend.
My intention was to start off at a bar on Vitosha Boulevard, but got a little backtracked as a bright neon sign flashing down some dark side street turned out to be not a bar or night club but a closed shop selling anything from dishwasher parts to office supplies.
Once on Maria Luzia Boulevard (The part which meets Vitosha Boulevard) which is technically the very center of downtown Sofia I hit the crowds which included church goers carrying lighted candles. From a religion point of view very nice but what about the night time entertainment? When I asked someone I was told people would start going out around midnight/1am.
The bar I wanted and eventually found on foot turned out to be, after much confusion, a new casino so I got straight into a taxi and went to Sin City a large disco complex with several bars offering different music.
The place was packed with young people with a few freelancers sitting at the bar. If you are into loud music you might like the place. I was more interested in just getting a drink
and getting out the place, for me it was a bit too loud.
About 1.30am left and caught a taxi back to Vitosha Boulevard and checked out the Fetish Club. Hardly anyone in, the best ladies I’m sure were somewhere else for the weekend and those available were nothing to write home about. Had one expensive beer under the watchful eye of half a dozen staff and left.
Walked to another bar which was down a side street called Tiffany Club. Quite nice in side but not many people there. Sat at the long bar, had a couple of drinks and watched the live singer and a few people dancing before calling it a night.

Sunday.
Breakfast at the hotel was a very gloomy affair with diluted orange squash as part of the breakfast buffet. After I served myself and put everything onto my table, including a hot cup of coffee, I then went to the men’s room and on my return noticed the staff had removed everything so I had to start all over again. No apology. Nothing. And there was only two other diners in there, it was not as if the hotel was busy.
The best part of the morning was wasted as I tried to get an English language local paper and (or) a What’s On Guide or magazine in English. Even finding a shop open was a problem and the few outlets selling newspapers that were open were run by older people who could not speak English.
Had a basic city map with me but soon noticed nearly all the Street signs in Sofia are not in English as shown on the map but in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
Of course, and why did I think of this earlier, the solution to get any English reading material when in a foreign city is to head to the nearest 4/5 star hotel where they are sure to have some sort of gift shop/news stand in the lobby.
But for a different reason, in need of a massage, I took a taxi to the Sofia princess hotel where I had a very good 40 minutes full body massage for 36 lev in the hotel health club.
Very professional but clinical service given by a about a 19 year old tall blonde who would probably have won Miss World if she had entered it. Sadly, though, no extras with me lying there totally naked.
Afterwards bought a newspaper in the hotel and looked through the classified section over coffee in the lobby.
3 escort services were listed. Rang 2 who did not answer but the 3rd one did who informed me that there was no way any girl would be available until at least Monday evening as most of the girls were out of town for the Easter holiday.
Then to take my mind off things and feeling disappointed as it was becoming clearer that I may have fucked up on this trip I did a bit of sightseeing and a lot of walking.
Checked out the train station (which is allegedly a no go area at night) and had an afternoon beer at one of the places just across the road. Saw two rough looking gypsy street hookers looking very bored but not my type or anyone else’s for that matter.
Late afternoon caught another taxi right across town to the Hotel Rodina where they too advertised a Health club and massage service. When I got there they told me they were fully booked that day for massage.
So not able to face yet another cup of coffee in some hotel lobby I did some more walking and just as I was about to cross a busy street junction noticed an attractive redhead dressed in leather standing on the corner. I hesitated looked at her and our eyes met. So instead of crossing the road I paused again and looked into the nearest shop window which was a sex shop. I then went inside to browse and when I came out the redhead was standing outside with her back to me.
I had a good excuse, like a million and one questions to ask about Sofia, so I made the first move and we got talking and then went and sat down and had a coffee.
K, 23 years old, told me she works in a restaurant in Varna on the Black sea. She was passing through Sofia having spent Saturday night with a friend and was returning later that night. She agreed to spend time with me ‘Just filling in’ and we agreed to 50 lev and dinner if she wanted it, or had time to, later.
About 5ft 7, short cropped red hair, short leather skirt and a nice pair of legs with black stockings to go with it we got into the taxi to go back to the hotel and I felt heaven coming.
But just before we got there K started having reservations about walking past reception but I hope I put her at ease.
With K looking uncomfortable we got into the lift and as we got to my floor she gave a nervous laugh, then disaster struck. As soon as I opened the door it was obvious that my room had not been cleaned. Curtains not drawn, bed still an unmade mess and the stale smell of my cigarettes still hung in the air. Then the lift door opened again and out of it appeared a cleaner pushing a trolley and guess what, so late in the day, it was my room she was coming to clean. How’s that for bad timing. If looks could kill I would have killed the old witch.
Another half hour was wasted as we sat in the empty hotel bar lounge area and at one stage I thought K really was going to leave as she was plainly not at ease visiting my hotel as an unregistered guest.
Back in the room, just cleaned and smelling fresh, K went to use the bathroom. This time good timing on Ks behalf as there was a knock on the door which turned out to be the housekeeper just doing her mini bar checks.
Just in case, I slipped the do not disturb thing on the door and undressed for the massage K was going to give me.
She came out just wearing her black underwear and I was already bollock naked and hard. I lay face down on the bed and she started to rub me with baby oil first before concentrating more around my butt area and giving the credit card swipe movement.
She also started playing around my asshole area with her finger and thrust it in a few times. I then kneeled on the bed with my ass in the air as she started to lick my hole and around my balls.
She then sat on the bed as I stood over her and pulled her tits out (nice round medium size and 100% real) and rubbed my cock all over them. Could have come easily at that stage but instead refrained myself from spraying her I pulled down her underwear and as she stepped out of them I turned her around and made her bend down like she was touching the floor. Then Condom on, I started fucking her up the ass and just as I was shooting and she was moaning but loving it, I fucked her pussy as hard as I could.
Then we just lay on the bed and rested.
Saw K out onto the street, said our goodbyes (no time for dinner) and returned to my room and slept well that night.

Monday.
Won’t give you the ins and outs like skipped breakfast, exchanged money etc but more to the point was enjoying some cheap afternoon local beer in a café bar on Pirotska Street when I got a return call on my mobile from a freelancer who advertised in the paper as giving the best massage, telling me she was back in town and available.
She said she was 40 but looked a lot younger and I agreed for her to come to my room and maybe we could go out later.
When J appeared, on time, she didn’t look around 35 but more 45 and I believed her when she told me she was a retired air hostess. For her real age she was still in good shape and had a wonderful personality but sexually attracted to her I wasn’t.
I let her give me a massage, just to save face, but that was all. Nothing special and she left the damage being 50 lev.
Watched TV for a bit and then went out again and flagged down the nearest taxi and asked for a good bar with lots and lots of young females. The taxi driver knew his stuff and took me to Planet Hollywood which unusually enough does not advertise itself.
When I got there Lots and lots of unattached girls and a great bar area to sit at right in the middle of all the action.
Got chatting to an American who was staying at the Radisson and he told me that in his opinion Planet H was the best pick up joint in Sofia.
We drank to that and in no time he latched onto or was it the other way round? Two busty blondes who I think were local.
The girl who I suppose both caught my eye but gave me the most attention was Romanian and works on the perfume counter at a large department store in Sofia.
Another J,( but different name) tall slim and dark with long curly hair, 25 years old, single but told me she has a boy friend and in looks and personality a good 9.
I bought us dinner, we had a few boogies at the bar then we went back to my hotel for a night cap.
J (2) seemed more comfortable doing this and even got chatting to the person behind the bar at one stage.
In the room she did both Anal and even gave me a golden shower but I could not persuade her to spend the night.
No money was mentioned. She was happy with the dinner and drinks I bought her but on top of that I was more than happy to leave 60 lev ‘Taxi Money ‘next to her handbag.

Tuesday. Last day.
Stocked up on still very cheap tobacco and bought a really nice ‘Fuck Off’ expensive leather jacket for about one third of the price in the UK with a further 20% discount on top of that.
Went back to the Sofia Princess hotel for another beautiful massage given by another beautiful young lady. Again pure bliss even without extras!!

Late afternoon/ early evening visited some more bars but not much action.
All those late nights must have caught up with me for I fell asleep watching TV.

Conclusion.

I liked Sofia and would like to return mainly because it’s so inexpensive.
It wasn’t until after I returned that I saw some more links in this same section.
Thank you. I will use this info, if I go back, and I have reposted them again for others to look at, at the end of this report.

I don’t think I was at the wrong places at the wrong time so much, but more perhaps at the right places but at the wrong time - Easter weekend. I was very lucky indeed with the street action but had I not been, the trip could have been a disaster.

I have chosen not to give the name of the hotel I stayed at for some of the reasons above. In fairness, in better times, it might be a nicer hotel with friendlier staff (or would it??) The name didn’t start with an R or a T and I think it’s the only 4 star property on that street.

Regarding hotels;
This is the feedback I got from some of the locals and added to this some of my comments where applicable.
For 5 star, position wise and money no object, the best place to stay is the Radisson SAS.
A closer second is the nearby new Grand Hotel Sofia. Even bigger rooms but a disappointing Lobby area.
The standard rooms at the Sheraton Sofia, again in the center, are too small and not worth the money. I was told this several times.

Both the Hilton and Kempinski have great rooms and sometimes offer good weekend deals but are too far out.

For 4 star suggestions;
These are both tall and modern hotels but with small basic standard rooms.
Sofia Princess has good facilities but shame about the location.
Hotel Rodina could be its twin sister. Slightly better location but still not perfect.
Just a warning about the smaller hotels. Some girls might not be comfortable going back with you.

But If you do go to Sofia,
Enjoy and don’t forget the baby oil.
(April 2007)

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[ledrak99]

Dude, you should've read my report before you went. Probably would've saved you a lot of trouble.