for beds it's this Loft area sticks hay and a mattress so I'm not sure how that's gonna
go we're Jordan and Emily in March of 2022 we quit our jobs and started traveling the
world full time our mission is to see as much of the world as possible before we run out
of money after an amazing two-week road trip today we start the last adventure we're gonna
have in Bulgaria we've woken up on the Black Sea Coast in a town called Varna and tonight
if all goes to plan we'll be toasting marshmallows on a fire from our super unique accommodation
a Neolithic Hut
first we have a five and a half hour drive West but we need to get some petrol and supplies
In all my experience of renting a car it is always pick up full drop-off full but in Bulgaria
they gave us a piece of paper that told us exactly how much fuel to have left when we
drop it off strategically if we fill up full now we should be able to get to that point
when we get to Sofia, that's the goal
turns out someone else is going to fill it up for me
was it expensive?
it's actually cheaper than the last time it's still not cheap but yeah cheaper yeah nice
road trip Essentials Bakery stuff for now chips off-brand Cola for Jordan and then for
tonight we're not 100% sure what the kitchen situation is we do have pasta we don't didn't
get sauce we have dry pasta but the Airbnb listing did say that there's a restaurant
right around the corner so worst comes to worst we'll just go there, still four hours
we absolutely love doing unique accommodation stays and after our Romanian road trip when
we ended it with the Mongolian yurt we just fell in love with the idea of capping off
a road trip with a unique accommodation but today's isn't any regular unique accommodation
it's a 6000 BC Neolithic Village for some reason even though it has been freezing cold
while we've been in Bulgaria even zero degrees in Veliko Tarnovo we decided that it would
be a great idea to stay in an accommodation that has no power no Wi-Fi and no glass windows
making sure we're going the right way there wasn't any special directions to get there
because this is a dirt road in the forest it's a beautiful dirt road but we have done
this before in Romania and it didn't work out very well for us I'm so glad I'm not driving
make sure we get it right this time he's gone to see if we can drive down this way or not
it's a beautiful Lake down there but I don't know if we'll be able to get there oh really
okay we were able to reverse it looks like there's another road sharp left that we can
take but I don't know if it's actually going to be better than that or not
okay this is better [in 500 meters turn left] so this is the map that's the left water.
Third and final option is luckily it seems to be a more official Highway route and it's
only going to take an extra like five minutes I didn't think getting there would be this
difficult to be honest it's like in a village why is this where Google Maps is taking us
to a lake it doesn't know it exists it's pretty though yeah it's really pretty
so this is our home for tonight it's actually part of a museum because in the municipality
of Chavdar they found a Neolithic Village and have restored some of the Huts so people
can rent them out and live as if it's the Neolithic era which is 6200 BC I think so
our home is made of clay there are no windows because glass was not invented yet our door
is made of sticks most importantly we have a fire and a fire starting kit so we will
be warm tonight even though we don't have Windows other than that there's not that much
in here we have a little dining table and chairs some storage for things the door does
actually have a lock which I think is pretty impressive because this is part of a museum
there's people walking around so until 6 PM it's not very private but after then we're
going to be living our best night in the museum
time for beds it's this Loft area sticks hay and a mattress so I'm not sure how that's
gonna go
I can literally see through to the floor
surprisingly comfy for like what looks like a homemade mattress on literal hay and sticks
another thing we weren't expecting is we have our own private toilet included in this Airbnb
when Jordan pitched to me that we were going to be staying in a Hut from the Neolithic
era I'm not gonna lie I wasn't that on board but this does seem pretty cool so it's a traditionally
accurate housing from 6000 BC which I thought is a pretty cool draw card one thing that
I'm happy for in the moment but a little bit disappointed in they gave us light
Can't have glass windows because glass wasn't invented yet but electricity is okay apparently
but it is nice I mean you get to see a bit more of it I'm excited what are we gonna do
now that we are somewhat settled in we're going to the restaurant there was supposed
to be a kitchen included I don't think that um little clay pots count
we've come two minutes down the road to the only restaurant that's here luckily we just
have enough cash that we should be able to get some beers and dinner it smells like the
fries with the chips so I don't even think I have an option I think that's what I've
got to get and uh smells like beer so I guess I don't have an option it's what I have to
get also I got a Bulgarian wine for the first time we heard the wine here is quite nice
we're gonna try and go to a winery in Varna but we never made it
we had our first Shopska salad all the way back at Sofia on like our second day in Bulgaria
so it's only fitting to end our Bulgaria trip with another one it was so good then this
is so much cheese on it
I don't know how it's so delicious like it's so simple it's so good
I'm gonna miss fries with cheese really didn't know what to expect I thought it might have
been like one quite expensive sausage but to get three
it smells like a taco packet back home
I get like the taste of Old El Paso like burrito mix it's way better than we could have cooked
if we did have a kitchen.
I can't wait to get back to our 6000 BC Home, Light a Fire make some marshmallows I'm pretty
sure beer might have been invented somewhere in the world back then we are also alone here
now there was so many people when we first arrived here it was noisy and loud and packed
and now it's just us just us and the people packing up because we shut down that restaurant
it's really peaceful here though it's so nice we're like in the middle of the hills and
they've obviously got all the autumnal colors is there a video in Bulgaria where Emily hasn't
said Autumnal
if there is we can go in and change it okay I'll carry them so you can do stuff
so they have quite a few different Huts that it looks like people can rent out but I'm
pretty sure where they're the only ones
luckily no one from the museum will disturb us
hasn't really worked yet three people have come in and been like oh very nice
not sure what sort of entertainment they had back in the Olympic times but I think Singapore
airplane cards are definitely a step up
oh marshmallows we're gonna find sticks.
very very peaceful here this time when we first got here there were a few screaming
kids like it's a pretty popular place apparently on a Sunday when there's good weather and
now it's just us and apparently one last screaming kid in the distance mostly just us
it's just like all the flavors mixed together how
gross that you just use a stick
um I'm happy
slept surprisingly well we went to bed really early because there was no technology and
no natural light so it got dark really really quickly I reckon we were out by like eight
o'clock and because the toilet's so far away outside I was like I'm just not gonna go I'll
just hold it and then what I thought was really late at night I just decided I'm just gonna
go I came back and it was like 9 30.
so we got a full night's sleep
I actually slept really well I didn't think I would the only thing that woke me up was
like some crickets or birds or the fire I wasn't even that cold until like the middle
of the night when the fire went out lucky they gave us really warm blankets that's the
end of Bulgaria we have to give the car back today I'm so sad I've Loved Bulgaria it's
been awesome yeah one Bulgarian kind of Adventure left but an overnight train
I found a prehistoric beer opener .... a rock