Bulgaria Trip Photos Part 2

Here are a few of the photos from Tuesday, but I'm waiting for Vyacheslav to send me a few from our hiking tour that we took during the middle of the day.

                                        of'sharska salad

                                             enjoying an awesome salad and some wine

                                         chicken stuffed with tomatoes, cheese, and green peppers -- pretty good

                                          The Thirteen Stairs is the name of this restaurant

                                           This dude persuaded us to come eat there

                                          this one is actually from Monday's bicycle tour

                                          Hiking tour from Tuesday -- included folks from Iran, Syria, Tunisia, U.K,       U.S.A, Canada, and Austria 

Bulgaria Trip Photos (part 1)

I will upload some photos daily from the trip last week. So today, I start with photos from last Monday, which mainly consisted of the Sofia Green bike tour (biking through many of the parks, and visiting a few landmarks as well).

                                             St. Sofia Church

                                         Due to the Ottoman's reign the bell lives in these trees

                                         Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

                                        St. Nicolay -- Russian Orthodox Church

                                             I forgot the name of this monument

                                         Bulldog chasing kid -- great shot

                                       Ropes course park for kids

                                             Our Sofia Green Tour group

                                       I'm hugging a tree -- a giant Sequoia from California

                                           Vitosha Mountain

                                          Old guys playing table tennis

                                           Even the four-legged need a drink too

                                         Every capital city in Europe has a piece of the Berlin Wall

                                         St. Sofia herself 

stuck in a lounge

in Moscow Airport. . . well, not really stuck here, but there's neverending food in this place. At least, I'll be full before my flight back to Seoul. I'm  extremely bored right now. Time to go read my new book.

this is cool

on the lover's bridge yesterday, I saw a photo exhibit done by the great animal rescue group here in Sofia.
here's their info. . . http://arsofia.com/

I'll post an update on my thursday and friday sometime soon.
if you want a preview you can search for Rila Monastery, or search Plovdiv on google if you get a chance. Plovdiv is known as the Paris of Eastern Europe, and Rila Monastery is a monastery that is over a thousand years old.

Great place for a meal and fun traditional program

Please check it out if you have the time. This was a wonderful experience, though I should have sucked it up and done some dancing. www.chevermeto-bg.com

p.s.

please be patient, as I will not be able to upload photos until hopefully Sunday evening.  There may be two on facebook that I am tagged in at the moment though. or go to go Sofia Green Tour, and click on their facebook logo. here's a link to their page . . . Sofia Green
Thanks

Happy Hump Day

I did my Wednesday duties this morning and lit a candle in one of the ten biggest cathedrals in all of Europe, and said my prayers there as well. I also did the same in the Russian Orthodox Church as well. I found the pretty Jewish Synagogue, which is a magnificent structure, and there was a great food mall (not sure what to call it), nearby. I ate something that resembled a Turkish Kebab, but it had some fried taters in it as well. I snapped a few more pictures after the light lunch, and then walked around before finally coming to the hostel and crashing for an afternoon nap. My fellow Americans (that I'm sharing a room with), were napping as well, since they rode a very early mornng train from somewhere in Greece here to Sofia. Very nice and sociable folks, they are.

I think my body's been catching up on sleep from last week, which is fine.  I did buy a slice of tomato, and cheese pizza, that was out of this world. It probably cost a buck and twenty cents or so. Then I bought a cup of fresh raspberries to snack on for a few minutes as well. They were delicious, and didn't even cost a buck. Anyway, I'm just posting because my body doesn't feel like walking for a little bit. I do meet Miss Bukova again at 6 though, so I should be getting ready.

Ciao', as they say even here in Bulgaria.