Bulgaria Away - 6th June 2009

[Babysis]

Good trip all in all. I had great fun with so many of the usual suspects thurs-Sun morning. No voice left and Im wrecked, but its all worth it. A huge thank you also to all of the people who made a point of speaking to me about the article in YBIG. It really did mean alot so thank you. Great craic at the fanfest and the singing in the ground was good I thought.

[Claret Murph]

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Great trip apart from the Radisson fc uking up our rooms so that all the journo's could stay there.
I don't think my voice will be right for a week !!!!

Yep same as us as we got bumped also for the one night . I must say thanks to the Bohs lad who gave us a lift to the Raddison as he was mailed about been bumped and they picked him up at the airport and gave him a free night at the Kaplinski hotel . When we got to the Raddison they said we had to pay for the the night in another hotel which was the same as above , hearing that Mrs Claret said , you gave yer man the a free night we want the same so in the end we only paid for one night :) hey sometimes things just work out for you .

[Polster]

we didnt though, we sang for the first half hour and before the game, and that was it, once they scored ppl stopped singing. Thought it could have been a lot better.

Your one miserable ****er o'shea

[paul_oshea]

Your one miserable ****er o'shea

I am a depressed optimist! Spending 3 days with the polster, what would ye expect!! Andrews was crap!

[JT,New'09]

I am a depressed optimist! Spending 3 days with the polster, what would ye expect!! Andrews was crap!

Had the best weekend of my life . im hooked !! even if my insides are still shaking and i cannot sleep from the shakes :cool:

[Sligo Hornet]

Had the best weekend of my life . im hooked !! even if my insides are still shaking and i cannot sleep from the shakes :cool:

Should have stuck to the beer JT......anything from McDonalds is muck!;)

[JT,New'09]

Should have stuck to the beer JT......anything from McDonalds is muck!;)

Has anyone booked Cyprus Trip. Im looking to book the Thursday 3rd of Sept to Sunday 6th. Were would everyone be staying ?? ayna napa??? If anyone has any flight details that would suit can you forward them on please??

[Paddser]

Cheers to JT for organizing the taxi from/to the Airport in Sofia!! Great trip. did you see some of your gang in the youtube clips I posted?

[JT,New'09]

Cheers to JT for organizing the taxi from/to the Airport in Sofia!! Great trip. did you see some of your gang in the youtube clips I posted?
No didnt even see the clips you put up , what are they ??
Best weekend ever

[paul_oshea]

JT, yer a great Irish dancer btw. I was going to get up and join you, but i didnt want to outdo you after your display ;) :p

[pineapple stu]

Has anyone booked Cyprus Trip. Im looking to book the Thursday 3rd of Sept to Sunday 6th. Were would everyone be staying ?? ayna napa??? If anyone has any flight details that would suit can you forward them on please??
In fairness, there's a whole thread on that game!

[JT,New'09]

In fairness, there's a whole thread on that game!
sorry hadnt seen it

[JT,New'09]

JT, yer a great Irish dancer btw. I was going to get up and join you, but i didnt want to outdo you after your display ;) :p

Jesus dont remind me , that was the stella !!
At one stage i was sitting at the table and there were fellas up in the tree !!
Remember the woman next door throwing potatoes and flower plants over at us !!! i said to myself ....... whats next ! :rolleyes:

[Superhoops]

....hit some retro club on Saturday. They only played music from 1992 & before! Gas....
Good place alright. Was in there both Friday and Saturday. No hassle. good music and beer was reasonable, altohugh they hiked it a bit on Saturday night. One of the birds behind the bar was mental. Was surprised there werent more Irish fans in there, especially as most of the bars on that main drag closed early.

[MariborKev]

Aye great trip.

Does the quality of the trip vary inversely with the number of leprechauns on it?

We were in the Arena di Serdica, Paulie was the only other foot.ie head I spot in there. We were upgraded to the penhouse suite on the first night. We unfurled the massive tricolour and next thing the peelers landed and told us to take it down.

Went to get a meal after the game and next thing a round of drink arrived down, without any order from us. The Bulgarian supporters in the restaurant just kept ordering us drink. Great stuff altogether.

Anyone else go to the Military History Museum. You could climb all over tanks, MiG fighters and all the rest. Great stuff, including finding a Skoda tank!

Sligo Hornet, myself and One Red Army were the row in front of you on the BA flight on the way home.

[Sligo Hornet]

Aye great trip.

Does the quality of the trip vary inversely with the number of leprechauns on it?

We were in the Arena di Serdica, Paulie was the only other foot.ie head I spot in there. We were upgraded to the penhouse suite on the first night. We unfurled the massive tricolour and next thing the peelers landed and told us to take it down.

Went to get a meal after the game and next thing a round of drink arrived down, without any order from us. The Bulgarian supporters in the restaurant just kept ordering us drink. Great stuff altogether.

Anyone else go to the Military History Museum. You could climb all over tanks, MiG fighters and all the rest. Great stuff, including finding a Skoda tank!

Sligo Hornet, myself and One Red Army were the row in front of you on the BA flight on the way home.

Sorry didn't realise........mind you, our energy levels were not conducive to convivial conversation:D

[reder]

We were in the Arena di Serdica, Paulie was the only other foot.ie head I spot in there.

We were in there as well for Friday and Saturday night. Nice hotel but as I am a light sleeper the nightclub next door drove me mad.

Great trip all round, nice spot, nice people. The lad I travel with got pulled over for suspected swine flu on arrival in Sofia. He had to go into a room and do swab tests.

Roll on Cyprus.

[JT,New'09]

We were in there as well for Friday and Saturday night. Nice hotel but as I am a light sleeper the nightclub next door drove me mad.

Great trip all round, nice spot, nice people. The lad I travel with got pulled over for suspected swine flu on arrival in Sofia. He had to go into a room and do swab tests.

Roll on Cyprus.

:eek: Hi was asked to post this on behalf of a friend. If anyone has any info can you pm me thanks

Huge Green/White/Orange flag with FAIreland written on it with white stars. The one that was pinned to the large monument at the back of the bars in the Park before goin into the stadium. Last seen goin up to the back of the irish stands before kick-off before the Irish National Anthem one our our own stroked it! Award offered.:eek:

[paul_oshea]

Ah ya i nearly fell on me head pulling that thing down for "JTs mate" from that monument :D

Hope she finds it.

[reder]

Huge Green/White/Orange flag with FAIreland written on it with white stars. The one that was pinned to the large monument at the back of the bars in the Park before goin into the stadium. Last seen goin up to the back of the irish stands before kick-off before the Irish National Anthem one our our own stroked it! Award offered.:eek:


Terrible that. Some right tools in the away section on Sat obviously. The people in the rows behind us starting arguing over sitting down at the start of the game. Stupid carry on.

[The Scientist]

i dont think i have ever been so drunk in all my life!!

Thursday night, just got locked in macs till police came!

in jj's on friday night dancing on the tables!! then went out to the student place!! unreal!!

sat night, i cant remember

sunday night we visited one of those strip joints.... enough said!!

monday night, just stayed in macs and was up then a 4 for the 3 flights home!!

voice is gone and meet loads of lads of foot.ie and YBIG

im after getting serious abuse thou after my interview with the star newspaper on thursday!! :D:D

[mypost]

Terrible that. Some right tools in the away section on Sat obviously. The people in the rows behind us starting arguing over sitting down at the start of the game. Stupid carry on.

They weren't asked to sit down. They were asked to stop standing on the seats so that those behind them could see the game. Nothing against standing in the row, but on the seats is not acceptable.

[Paulie]

We were in the Arena di Serdica, Paulie was the only other foot.ie head I spot in there.

Nice hotel alright. Did you make it into the nightclub next door at any stage? We had some craic in that spot.

[MariborKev]

Aye,

That was myself, me da, his mate and OneRedArmy drinking beside youse on the Thursday night.

The outside bit was grand, but jeesus the music inside was loud.

[eaststand85]

Aye,

That was myself, me da, his mate and OneRedArmy drinking beside youse on the Thursday night.

The outside bit was grand, but jeesus the music inside was loud.

Was that Sin City, the turbo folk place? In there Thursday night too.

[MariborKev]

Naw,

Gramphone.

Just up the road from Club Libido. Where we were told "anything is possible".

Or as me da said when he misheard the pimp offering sex or a taxi "Sex in a taxi, sure why would ye pay for that?"

[eaststand85]

Naw,

Gramphone.

Just up the road from Club Libido. Where we were told "anything is possible".

Or as me da said when he misheard the pimp offering sex or a taxi "Sex in a taxi, sure why would ye pay for that?"

Easy mistake to make considering the rates some of those taxi drivers were trying to charge!! :eek::eek:

[Paulie]

The outside bit was grand, but jeesus the music inside was loud.

It was loud alright but it was great craic inside. Anyway, any place where there are gorgeous women dancing on the bar is fine with me.

[paul_oshea]

Naw,

Gramphone.

Just up the road from Club Libido. Where we were told "anything is possible".

Or as me da said when he misheard the pimp offering sex or a taxi "Sex in a taxi, sure why would ye pay for that?"

she said "ye"

[paul_oshea]

It was loud alright but it was great craic inside. Anyway, any place where there are gorgeous women dancing on the bar is fine with me.

was that the place beside the radisson with the women in red skirts right up to the very top...?! Couldn't hear anything in that place!!! That place was class, and if it is its where the bouncer said to us "no english" and i was like what?! "we're irish" "no irish", then the other fella beside was still focusing on the no english part and remonstrating that we are not english and nothing like them we are irish :D

just thinking, i remember the barmaid in that place couldnt really understand me, (yes neil ive had that problem a lot!) and so when i asked her "what time does it close" she shrugs her arms, i said "sorry eh, dont think you understand me, -pointed at the watch - what time do you close?!" she shrugs again, finally i said, "listen i dont think you understand me i want to know how long i can drink for before it closes", which i thought it might be more difficult to understand but still said it, and then she goes " i dont think you understand, it doesn't close, its when the last person leaves!" in my element i was, and i said i think you might regret that with a big smile....i was the one who did i couldn't keep going at 6.30 it was sleepy time from a long long day. tis a pity cos if i had someone else there with me keeping me going i would have. :( :D