Comments on: Sunny Beach, Bulgaria http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/05/29/sunny-beach-bulgaria/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mark http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/05/29/sunny-beach-bulgaria/comment-page-1/#comment-205792 Mark Sat, 30 May 2009 19:09:18 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6435#comment-205792 That water park was really good fun when I visited in 2004, but the yellow slide caused some major bruising to my bum as I hit the pool at the bottom at what felt like 100 mph! That water park was really good fun when I visited in 2004, but the yellow slide caused some major bruising to my bum as I hit the pool at the bottom at what felt like 100 mph!

]]> By: Traxx http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/05/29/sunny-beach-bulgaria/comment-page-1/#comment-205788 Traxx Sat, 30 May 2009 07:12:38 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6435#comment-205788 Like.... the Eiffel Tower ! Like…. the Eiffel Tower !

]]> By: Alex Turnbull http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/05/29/sunny-beach-bulgaria/comment-page-1/#comment-205786 Alex Turnbull Sat, 30 May 2009 00:24:11 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6435#comment-205786 Revolt! Revolt against the communist rectangular pools! Down with the oppressors! We want teardrop shaped pools and various other shapes too! Vive la Révolution! (You know, or whatever the Bulgarian equivalent is.) Revolt! Revolt against the communist rectangular pools! Down with the oppressors!

We want teardrop shaped pools and various other shapes too!

Vive la Révolution!

(You know, or whatever the Bulgarian equivalent is.)

]]> By: cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/05/29/sunny-beach-bulgaria/comment-page-1/#comment-205783 cookie monster Fri, 29 May 2009 17:03:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6435#comment-205783 Here is a rectangular pool but its gone a bit green suggesting it hasnt been used since the outlawing of such things. http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=42.68406,27.711065&z=18 Perhaps it has been left as a monument to remind Bulgarians of the awful times they had to endure. A time before the ending of the Cold War and the unstoppable force of free market capitalism and funny shaped swimming pools swept in. I wonder if there is a section of Bulgarian society who are nostalgic for Communism and rectangular pools? Here is a rectangular pool but its gone a bit green suggesting it hasnt been used since the outlawing of such things.

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Perhaps it has been left as a monument to remind Bulgarians of the awful times they had to endure.
A time before the ending of the Cold War and the unstoppable force of free market capitalism and funny shaped swimming pools swept in.
I wonder if there is a section of Bulgarian society who are nostalgic for Communism and rectangular pools?

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