Yellow polka dot bikini

Cat has been singing about polka dot bikinis at breakfast. As she was last night as she fell out of the restaurant. It was apparently the only song that the band knew in English. They should have stuck to the good old Bulgarian folk music that had many of us up on the dance floor learning the moves. It's amazing how well and how quickly we managed to pick it up. You don't really need years of practice to be a great dancer. You just need plenty of Bulgarian red wine and an overinflated idea of how good you are. We certainly showed the locals how to do it. 

Now, I've promised not to reveal the identity of a certain Windy participant who may have done something a little foolish yesterday. So, I shall tell the tale without naming them to save any unnecessary embarrassment. 

This unknown person arrived in Ruse with his wife Sam and daughter Tasha. The passenger side window was down and refused to go up. In the rain he was forced to strip down the whole door to get to the electrics. He missed dinner as he tried in vain to find the problem over several hours before giving up and putting some plastic sheet over the window. He got a promise of assistance from the Newlyweds to help fix it the next day. In the mean time he Googled the issue to seek some advice. Turns out he had pressed the window lock button and it had locked the window. Trigger is fine now and the miscreant, whoever he or she was, is feeling a little silly. 

Another small boo boo was made by Ralph. He arrived at the Romania/Bulgaria border and was asked to produce his passport. This gave him a small problem. It was still in reception at the camp site in Brasov. Ralph and Dean have now seen a bit more of Romania than the rest of us and added a few more miles to their total driving distance. 

Poor old Milly is having some more problems. A couple of bolts securing the power steering unit have sheared. This morning she is being fixed in a local garage. Lucy and Jim will have to set off late and play catch up. 

Team Lotus, the Swannies, Team Swanners and even the newly christened Team Hire Car, Billy and Sam,managed to link up with the main group last night to enjoy the traditional Bulgarian fare. 

So, at the end of the night, we stayed at Hotel Anna Palace. A classy affair on the banks of the (not so) Blue Danube. With the air con on full blast, I reckon we got the room temperature down by nothing at all. I relied on more traditional methods of cooling, like sweating profusely all night. Nice. 

So, Happy Birthday Eileen and happy wedding anniversary to the Mowlams. We shall no doubt link up in down town Bansko for another Windy knees up. Well, we have to use the newly learnt Bulgarian dance steps before we move on to a fresh country tomorrow.