Food, Drink and Conversation with Sofia

It's been a few days since I've properly updated the blog but here are a few photos from Sofia, Bulgaria. After arriving with Igor and Petya we spent a short 3 nights here. Bulgarians thought we were pretty lame for spending such a short time in their country but Chris and I were eager to get back "on track" so to speak and head towards our original destinations: Moldova and Romania. Sofia was very cool though. The city itself is attractive and not too big so it's easily managed on foot. In terms of sightseeing though we didn't indulge too much. We took the attitude "people make the place" and were content to spend time with Igor, Petya and their friends as well as chatting with any other locals we ran into. Food, drink and conversation was enough to occupy us here and we had a great time.





Our favourite Bulgarian couple, Igor and Petya. They're the coolest people in Bulgaria so we count ourselves pretty lucky to have made friends with them.





Typical suburban apartment blocks from the Communist era with Mt. Vitosha in the background. The city centre is only 12 kms from it's 2200 metre peak. I took this photo from our friend Galina's balcony.





The centre of Sofia is full of these little courtyards and spaces behind buildings. Overgrown and unkempt they provide a little break from the routine cityscape.





Decaying Socialist Realist sculpture in central Sofia.