St Vlas, maps, apartments and holidays

Wow, it's been a quick year (well, almost).

Most of the apartment stuff is dealt with, I stayed for two weeks last year, and my parents went over with my sister and child for a couple of weeks in August. The good news is that the apartment is great, very roomy and the spare toilet comes in handy if you go out with Robin Barrasford the night before (yeah, I blame the chicken).

On the whole it's been a pretty painless experience, pretty much all of the Barrasford and Bird staff are as helpful as they can be, though you need to make allowances for the Bulgarian work ethos, which I haven't really discovered just yet.

I've put together a website for apartment rental which shows the apartment and a number of photos of the area that I thought were nice. I plan on being over there a few times this year, so the availability is quite sketchy. Of course, customers come first...

I've also put together another couple of websites. One to track the flight prices from the UK to Bulgaria (Watch Flights). One to allow owners/visitors to share local knowledge by adding them onto a map of the area (Bulgaria, Vlas map), and I've moved from Flickr to my own website for hosting photos, just to save the membership fee they charge (Bulgaria Photos).

I'll be updating all the information as I get it this year - the marina is coming along nicely, the amphitheatre is about finished, Vlas square has been revamped and there will be a number of new complexes. It'll be exciting to see how it all fits together.