Balkans and Latin America
Sofia! Injuring the leg one week before the trip was a bad idea, so the visit to Bulgaria's capital was very brief and... I had to cancel the tango plans. Well, the more tango abstinence in Bulgaria, the better dancing in Argentina!
Sofia welcomed with a perfectly sunny weather and very friendly people. Not being able to walk a lot and having a very limited time in Sofia, I did not do many of the traditional sights. However, I met a friend of a friend, an amazing local girl who welcomed me to the city and was such a great host. Something that gives you more than any tourist book in the world.
zhanna.kryukova
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Sofia - part I
October 15, 2016
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Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia! Injuring the leg one week before the trip was a bad idea, so the visit to Bulgaria's capital was very brief and... I had to cancel the tango plans. Well, the more tango abstinence in Bulgaria, the better dancing in Argentina!
Sofia welcomed with a perfectly sunny weather and very friendly people. Not being able to walk a lot and having a very limited time in Sofia, I did not do many of the traditional sights. However, I met a friend of a friend, an amazing local girl who welcomed me to the city and was such a great host. Something that gives you more than any tourist book in the world.
So, Sofia in one snapshot:
- a big number of young people in the city centre
- a vibrant cultural life with live jazz bands, theaters etc.
- an international atmosphere, though most older people speak only Bulgarian
- a mix of new modern buildings and old buildings literally falling apart
- many flashbacks from the soviet past.
Here are some pictures: the view from my friend's apartment; a random pretentious building; an amazing Serdika metro station whith the entrance opposite the mosque and with ruins of the ancient city of Serdika incorporated directly into the interior of the metro station; and a ruinous building in the beginning of the pedestrian street Vitosha just in the city center.
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The Journey
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The travel plan
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Dobre doshli!
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My parents' village and more
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Rupite hot springs
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Random pictures of the city of Sandansky
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A lesson of Bulgarian
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Sofia - part I
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Sofia - part II
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The Halloween and other regular days in Sandanski
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Bienvenido a Buenos Aires!
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You know that you are in Buenos Aires when...
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Buenos Aires - Polo, pancakes and street art
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Argentina - Tango and friends at its best: La isla del baile
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Buenos Aires - The cemetry of Recoleta
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Buenos Aires - Happy New Christmas
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Buenos Aires - the Russian experience
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Buenos Aires - A theatrical book store
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Peru!
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Peru - Melting heat and gastronomical paradise in Lima
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Peru - Beach time in Lima
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Peru - Heading to Ica and Pisco
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Peru - Fish oil and sand in Pisco
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Peru - Arequipa, the white pearl
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Peru - The colors of Titicaca
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Peru - Cusco and its surroundings, following the Inca's footsteps
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Peru - Macchu Picchu
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Patagonia, or the long way to Neuquen
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Patagonia, or the day when we did not go to Chile
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Patagonia - Parque nacional Los Alerces
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Patagonia - Cajón del Azul
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Patagonia - how we accidentially climbed the Piltriquitron mountain
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Uruguay - a time travel to Colonia
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Uruguay - the happy hippy life in Valizas and the sand paradize in Cabo Polonio
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Argentina - Iguazú waterfalls
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Argentina - MendozETI
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Hasta mañana corazón
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Buenos Aires Querido
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Back to the Balcans. A half-day escape to Macedonia
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Bulgaria - Jazz Festival in Bansko
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Bulgaria - Pirin National Park
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Athens - meeting the Greek gods
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Bulgaria - The Rila monastery, the cave and the Stob pyramids
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Back to the new old life
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