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Tulips of Sofia during the spring of Covid 19 pandemic

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Whether it is because we are locked at home because of the pandemic of COVID 19, or simply because it is spring and the weather is beautiful, the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia is fabulously beautiful at the moment. Unfortunately, the streets are deserted, but the parks and gardens, on the other hand, are beautiful. Red tulips in front of  Cathedral  Saint Alexander Nevski  Yellow tulips in front of  Cathedral  Saint Alexander Nevski  I offer you a short walk in the center of Sofia. Enjoy masterfully made gardens, mostly decorated with tulips and other spring flowers. Violet tulips in front of  Cathedral  Saint Alexander Nevski  Who says Holland is the land of tulips? :) The walk starts from the monument Cathedral  Saint Alexander Nevski and goes along the garden of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the monument of the Bulgarian volunteers. Enjoy true tulip paintings and dif...

Sofia is ready for Christmas and New Year's celebrations

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I had a chance to walk around Sofia downtown these days and I was happy to see that the city is well decorated with the Christmas symbols – Christmas trees and shining lights. Especially some of the big buildings like banks, shopping centers and hotels attract me with its decorations. Sofia downtown Location of Sofia Christmas market I‘d like to share some pictures (sorry for the poor quality, but it seems to be that smart phones are not the best decisions for night shots) and information about a place I found ( exactly here ) , that turned out to be the Sofia Christmas Market.  It is located at the city garden, right next the Bulgarian National Theatre “Ivan Vazov”. I don’t why, but It makes me feel like I’m in Austria or Germany, may be because there were signs “Weihnachtsmarkt”.  Weihnachtsmarkt Sofia The market offers:  Christmas food - different type of sausages, just like Austrian’s and German’s “Wurst”, pastry and candies; hot wine (Glühwein)...

European move week 2013

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Move Week 2013, Sofia, Bulgaria part of the European Week of movement and sport conducted in Europe, which aims to encourage large-scale participation in physical activities and sports, and to help 100 million Europeans to become more physically active by 2020. I visit South park in Sofia on Saturday and I was amazed how many children were playing there. The number of sport federations presented was also an amazing fact. There were a lot of demonstrations in which children had the main role (excepting the dangerous ones like  the demonstration of  fire  extinguishing  ). Demonstration of  fire  extinguishing by people practicing fire applied sport and firemen.