QUESTIONNAIRE 2011

As is traditional we finish the tour with a questionnaire. Standard penalty shots on JT6 for late or missing answers (John). Feel free to add any questions at the end.

BEST DRINK

Jimbo - Zagorka - slipped down a right treat 

Shauny - Mint Liquer - The closest you get to brushing your teeth on JT

Johnny - Zagorka - only one I can remember

Danny -Jager - Couldnt get enough of it.

GBudd - Gotta be the Zagorka beer. I paid less than 1 Lev 20 (about 50p), in Bourgas, when I'd just got off the plane and tasted amazing

BEST MOMENT OF THE TOUR

Jimbo - Witnessing a Bulgarian divorce after 4 days of marriage in our hostel at midnight.

Shauny - Has to be listening to Chris the hostel owner explain how his 4 day old marriage was going East London sharpish whilst his missus was slamming doors and smashing things at a rate that even Stevie B could learn from

Johnny - Listening to Shaunie G persuading G Budd to swap beds after he found a flea ridden cat in his!

Danny -hmmm...My favourite hour was 35,000 feet above Bulgaria on a Bulgarian Air Flight to Varna. Some special memories.

GBudd - A toughie. I think Danny having a mini breakdown, bought on by 15 shots of the local Ouzo and doing a 2am dip in the pool before slipping into a drink induced coma, just about beats Chris, the hostel man's, 4-day-old-marriage breakdown 

WORST MOMENT OF THE TOUR

Jimbo - Walking up a mountain for 3 hours. Seeing a road sign and a man with a tash then turing around and walking down again.

Shauny - Being stranded on my own on that horrific rock in Sofia - forget worst moment of the tour.... that was the worst moment of my life

Johnny - It's got to be the mountain (could be best moment if you recall Shaun's face at the top - thought we were a man down after that!)

Danny -Awaking from my coma to discover i was sharing my tent with a psychotic cat who didnt fancy leaving.

GBudd - Not being able to find you guys in Varna and spending 4 hrs walking down the beach, after James told me 'we're lying on the beach'. It was a bloody big beach! (If it was Southend, I'd have found u lot in 20 mins!)

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU?

Jimbo - Sun hat. Bald patch still hurts.

Shauny - Hiking boots

Johnny - Air freshener for the morning after everyone had maccie d's!

Danny -Sleeping bag and a pillow

GBudd - A marriage guidance counsellor!

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU LEFT BEHIND?

Jimbo - My swimming shorts. they stunk. wish i left them in the sea in varna!

Shauny - Toothbrush - just buying Mint Liquer in 2012

Johnny - All my jumpers

Danny -My travel iron

GBudd - My Lithuanian hoodie. Not needed in the heeeeeeeat

FAVOURITE BOOZER Jimbo - Not a boozer. But sitting with a can on a beautiful night by the fountain after climbing up the mountain was sweet.

Shauny - Pizzeria in Varna - living proof that finger spoof can be played anywhere and everywhere

Johnny - It's got to be the pour your own one - if only for the birth of the new Jimbo tours drinking game Finger Spoof

Danny -Big fan of bars with swimming pools.

GBudd - Probably the German bar that me, James and Shauny ended up in, late on Friday nite. Standing on the tables, drinking a vodka and lemonade and doing Nazi salutes. If I'd found that place earlier Helmut Kohl, your boys would've took one hell of a beating!

WHERE DO THE FRUIT MARKETS COMPARE TO PREVIOUS JT YEARS

Jimbo - Sofia was ripe and tasty but that tasty tangerine we saw floating in the sea in varna looked good enough to each. Standard was high the whole tour.

Shauny - Its a very high standard of produce - not quite a tasty other locations but defo ripe

Johnny - It's no Prague but easily beat Budapest - a solid 7 for me

Danny -Amazing - In season and ready for picking

GBudd - I missed out on Sofia, but what I saw in Varna easily compares with previous tours. I reckon the further east you go into Europe, the fitter the birds become. Bring on the Russians! I mean Maria Sharapova ain't ugly is she?

BEST NIGHT OUT Jimbo - First night in Sofia. Ended up having to bribe our way into the club.

Shauny - Danny & Johnny in the pool... hands down!  Any bar that you can leave the best part of a 1er behind at the bar and still refuse you a free shot... dont they know who we are!

Johnny - Even though I'm against the resorts - it's got to be Friday in Varna with the pool party if me and Danny jumping in can be classed as a party

Danny -Varna first night. If im on a night out and im in my pants, its always a good night.

GBudd - Friday Night in Varna. I reckon I could have stayed up all nite, I felt well up for it

QUOTE OF THE TOUR

Jimbo - "Its only 1km to a nice view". An hour uphill later we knew not to trust a hairy Bulgarian with his shirt open.

Shauny - "Come on Shaun... Don't you want to see the beautiful view of Sofia from the top of that mountain???" - Gobshite.

Johnny - Russian guy repeatedly asking Shaun if we were Sea Mans (I reckon he's still laughing with his mates about how he mugged the stupid English Mans off!)

Danny -"Danny are you sure you want to climb the mountain in flip flops....."  Jimbo saving me from a fate worst than death.

GBudd - 'There were 2 condoms in the first aid box and now there's only one. And I'm getting the blame for it!' said Chris, in the hostel. Since when were Elastoplasts replaced by johnnies in a first aid box? Perhaps its a Bulgarian thing

WIERDEST PERSON WE MET

Jimbo - The girl in the resturant in varna who could only carry one plate at a time.

Shauny - The German dude that Jimbo was talking to pissed up in the hostel in Sofia - they were just grunting at eachother.  Although wierdest animal has to be the 1 eyed cat in the fish restaurant in Varna!

Johnny - The prick Dan in the hostel.  I'm a peaceful man but had the urge to trip him down the stairs (Ruby Tuesday wasn't far behind for ruining Chris' marriage)

Danny -American bird in Sofia hostel.

GBudd - The Russian and his weird mate on the last nite. When we spotted his weird mate, doing a Forrest Gump impression in the town centre (and smashing into everything and losing his flip flops), I really thought he was going to lump me round the head and then run off

FUNNIEST MOMENT

Jimbo -  John and Danny's midnight dip in the German Ibiza

Shauny - Danny trying to suss out how to light a cigar... it sounds simple enough but Danny made it looked surprisingly difficult.

Johnny - Shaunie threatening to swing for moustachio man after the promise of great views.  I don't think he could have lifted his arms never mind swung for him.  Danny's day in the tent makes me chuckle too

Danny -The anticipation and end result of watching Shaun climb the last slope on the mountain in Sofia to realise not only are we not at the top we were standing next to a VW Passat. However he didnt stay there for very long.

GBudd - Danny trying to master 'finger spoof' and failing miserably. Saying there would be all 5 fingers left on the glass and then as he was saying it, taking his one off! Brilliant. Just proves what tricks the old booze can play on your mind

FAVOURITE HOSTEL

Jimbo - Both good standard. Gotta be X for the slow pace of life and lack of cleaning.

Shauny - X Hostel - no cleaning, guitars, 2 bars and an overweight bloke walking around half naked... sounds like my flat!

Johnny - All about X hostel but Hostel Mostel carried itself well

Danny -X although sometimes its nice to be indoors when theres a storm blowing in the night.

GBudd - Has to be X hostel. (The only one I stayed in). It was good anyway

BEST FOOD

Jimbo - Plate of meat before we got the bus to the airport

Shauny - Plate of before the plane... true Bulgarian cuisine.

Johnny - Mixed grill in Sofia with Grandma's fried potatoes

Danny -Mixed grill in Sofia - bootifull

GBudd - As James above. Beef shank, possibly the tenderiest, best piece of beef I've ever eaten

BIG QUESTION MAN OR BODY PART OF THE TOUR

Jimbo - Gotta be Danny - If it was a 5 day tour I think he would have lost it to Shaun.

Shauny - Danny has to take it down - he got the blend of JT style and Brits on the piss just right in my opinion ; )

Johnny - I'll go with Danny even though I've still got a bruise on my arm from him headbutting it everytime the cab turned a corner on the way back from golden sands whilst he was in his drink induced coma

Danny - Shaun for me. Casino losses, mountain hiking adventures and the bringer of finger spoof.

GBudd - 'Man of the Tour': Danny. No issue

*** NEW FOR 2011 *** PICK 1 JT STOP FOR 2012

Jimbo - Istanbul

Shauny - Belgrade

Johnny - Monaco

Danny -Siofok. Its the Golden Sands of Hungary

GBudd - Romania?

Stevie B - Athens, if they ever stop rioting!!

********************THE BIG ONE ********************************************

After JT5 list your top 3 cities visited and the worst city so far: 

CITIES:JT1: Munich; Prague; Krakow.             JT2: Bratislava; Vienna; Budapest; Berlin

JT3: Helsinki; Tahlinn; Vilnius; Riga               JT4: Ljubljana; Zagreb; Split; Ancona; Rome

JT5: Sofia; Varna.           

Jimbo -

1- Berlin - history on par with Rome but wins it on nightlife

2- Rome - amazing.

3- Prague. Just pipped Budapest.

Worst- Easy to say Ancona but for me it was Bratislava which didnt match up to the hype.

Shauny

1- Munich - best beer I've ever drunk and where it all began

2- Rome - most beautiful place I've ever been to

3- Split - the birth of JT visiting a beach and Jimboland aka my final resting place

Worst- Taking Ancona and Bratislava out of it as they are the easy options... I'd go Loseyabanna - no value in my opinion

Johnny - 

1- Munich - maybe as it was the birth of JT

2- Vienna - for the fan zones rather than the city.  Some naughty Germans though!

3- Prague - Beatiful place

Worst - Budapest - too moody for me even though we left the nightlife behind

Danny -Only been to 3 so....

1-Varna

2-Riga

3-Sofia

Worst-

 Sofia - I like sofia but Riga just pipped it for me due to it having a sweaty humpback man

GBudd -

1- Rome + Vatican City (easy choice - 9.5/10)

2- Vilnius (solo tour as well - tick)

3- Vienna (remember the great fan zone)

Worst- Ancona (Don't remember anything about it!)

Stevie B

1- Munich, possibly the most memorable of the cities we visited, mostly cause of the antics there than the sites we saw!

2- Rome

3- Vienna, again mostly due to other activities than site seeing, although they should ban those pesky Germans as they are a blight on the city, although the mad Croatians and Bruce helped make up for it

Worst- I'm afraid for me it has rto be Bratislava, was really disapointed with it!!