The Bulgarian Navy - Friend or Foe?
Sometime friend, sometime foe and sometime neither the Bulgarian navy, has under different guises sailed from and defended the harbour in Varna both as a strategic and commercial port. Hopping off the No. 20 bus, not in front of the museum but next to the roundabout on ul. "Devnya". The railway station is just ahead of us on the left but I want to venture a short way up ul. "Preslav" just off the roundabout. The home of the Bulgaria Navy is situated here in its magnificent dome topped Headquarters here. It now flies the flags of Bulgaria, the EU and NATO so we now are friends. A while ago during the "Cold War" we were foes, during the World Wars both and occasionally neutral. That is why I am so surprised when people are shocked that nations spy on each other "friend or foe" and have done since time immemorial. It is now interesting to see from the other sides perspective.