Bringing down the government

The journey from Nis to Sofia passed by smoothly. The Serbian countryside was stunning, as we spent about an hour travelling through a gorge. And after an initial scare, got through boost control with ease. The scare being about five kilometres of trucks waiting to cross the border. Apparently for them out can take up to two days!!!! Or driver just drove around them all the way to the border.
Sofia train station was huge. But maybe the worst place I ever had to travel from. Buying a train ticket was such a mission. Can i get ticket to Varna? Down. Okay,  go downstairs. Up. I go back up. Finally it was established that I went down. At least there was free wifi.
So loathing the city already... thankfully Sofia is actually quite a pretty city and easy enough to navigate. With Trevor and Sam who I caught the bus with, we checked out all the sites we could find without a map. An amphitheatre preserved by being incorporated into a hotel, the large orthodox cathedral - Alexander Nevski and a government protest to point out the highlights.
That's right. A large government protest. They want the newly elected prime minister to resign after only a month for appointing as national security minister a business man linked to Bulgarian Mafia. The minister stepped down but the people want the prime minister to step down too due to links to corruption and organised crime. Fun times :) and relatively peaceful.
After this, I caught my night train to varna. Had a cabin to myself so managed to sleep well. And of course, another run down city, but with some massive exceptions. Being on the Black Sea The whole beach front area is highly developed like a 1970s English resort town. Kinda fun back tacky as well. And heaving  with tourists. There is a fake eiffel Tower,  carnival rides, umbrella and seat hire, beach bars and massage stands. But definitely a cheaper alternative to the other beach stead throughout Europe. And the Black Sea is warm, and totally enjoyable after a year without swimming in the sea.
In the evening we went to a night club where one of Bulgaria's biggest musical starts was performing from 2am. Was really interesting as it was the only place that was packed with only Bulgarian people as it was in the main centre and not in the resort part. Her name is Galena if you want to check her music. A really cool experience. Today was meant to be a boat party on the Black Sea, however after getting everyone excited the hostel forgot to book the tickets and it is sold out. Disappointed and a big black mark for them for that. Had planned to go to Belchik botanical gardens but had changed to do the boat trip and now ain't doing either.
Another night train tonight, this time to Plovdiv and the last stop of Bulgarian leg of the type. Next blog will be from FYROM (Macedonia)