Sofia, Bulgaria

We went to Sofia on Thursday and returned last night (Saturday). The first day we didn't have much time because it was dark when we arrived, but we did go to a very nice restaurant for dinner. The next day (Friday) we went walking around the city and it was beautiful. There were a lot of places of worship (churches, mosque, synagogues, etc.). There was a lot of old architecture. As you will see in the pictures, it was beautiful. We entered one to see the altar and old paintings. There were paintings dated back to the 12th Century. I regret not reading more about the history before I went. There were obvious differences if compared to Skopje. Sofia was cleaner, had nicer restaurants, nicer buildings, and vegetarian friendly. :D I could easily be a vegetarian there. There are two veggie restaurants. Their food was ok, but tofu was available at a couple of restaurants we went to. There was an earthquake in Skopje in the 70’s and it demolished most of the buildings. After, they wanted to rebuild as quickly as possible, not spending a lot of time on details, so the architecture isn’t that beautiful in Skopje. Back to the trip, on Friday night there was a thunder and lightening storm. It was difficult to get a taxi, so we decided to walk once it wasn’t raining cats and dogs. The streets were flooded, so we went wherever we could and ended up at a mall. We went to a tea café and a vegetarian restaurant in different buildings. Both of them seemed to be a great find though because they were in odd places. To sum things up, it was a very nice trip. Now I’m back in Skopje, and the weather is COLD!!!