Ski in Bulgaria??

Yep,
I was surprised too! I had never heard of anyone skiing in Bulgaria but the property prices were so low compared to France that I felt like I had to check it out.
After doing a little more research I discovered that Bulgaria has 3 main resorts - all quite small but all beginning to develop. More hours spent on the Internet convinced me that Bansko was the most promising of the lot - with recent investment meaning that all the lifts were new for 2005. So no rickety communist chairlifts then?
Still - Bulgaria. I didn't know anything about it, I just had some vague idea that it was a bit like Russia...
So we went on a little trip (the first of many), it was the end of Spring (May/June) but there was still snow on the moutains and I even managed to throw a couple of snow balls around! This impressed me and after walking up and down the pistes I decided like in most resort, they would be much more fun to ski on.

So, our search began:

On the internet I had seen a number of promising looking properties BUT on arrival in Bansko I was a little shocked. I had entered a building site - a huge number of apartments were going up, and the old houses that looked quite quaint were dropping to bits and were generally badly built.
It was a bit disapointing, but when you look closer at Bansko you realise that there is a bit more to it. The old town is lovely and has houses hiding in beautiful walled courtyards - these fortified houses are so unusual and walking through the cobbled streets is very different to strolling round the usual purpose built resort.
I started to see what Bansko had to offer.