 01 - Entry to the oldest church in Sofia. |
 02 -Oldest church against the backdrop of modernity. |
 03 - Fountains leading to the Sofia Grand Hotel. |
 04 - Can you read Cyrillic? |
 05 - Don't worry, you can still have a Big Mac. |
 06 - The secret door to my company offices. |
 07 - Office interior, simple but elegant. |
 08 - Sofia's main shopping area, Vitosha Blvd. |
 09 - Communist era Courts of Justice. |
 10 - This small church stands in front of the Sheraton. |
 11 - A quaint semi-circle street loops around it. |
 12 - Sheraton, land of Western hotels. |
 13 - One of numerous underground shopping areas. |
 14 - Tzum, Sofia's Western-style shopping mall. |
 15 - Banya Bashi Mosque - one of very few Ottoman Empire remnants. |
 16 - Loudspeakers play middle eastern music on Sunday. |
 17 - Sofia's main Synagogue. |
 18 - Synagogue from another angle. |
 19 - Park area on the way to the Presidential building. |
 20 - One of those Eastern Bloc spy movie archways. |
 21 - No spies, just a new friend. |
 22 - This kitten was quite a friendly fellow. Meow. |
 23 - I'm not sure what this building is! |
 24 - If I could read, I'd probably know! |
 25 - In front of it, a long avenue of flags. |
 26 - And it towers above me! |
 27 - This is the Presidential building. |
 28 - And the Presidential guard. |
 29 - I sat around for a while and they did a strange swapping of the guards ceremony. |
 30 - The Archaeological Museum of Sofia. |
 31 - Some important guys! |
 32 - The Ethnological Museum from across the road. |
 33 - A plaque marks the central bank of Bulgaria. |
 34 - The Bulgarian version. |
 35 - This bank looks pretty official! |
 36 - But this one was a lot prettier! |
 37 - Sculptures mark the Ethnological Museum. |
 38 - Or you could just read its sign. |
 39 - This park is in front of the US embassy. |
 40 - Approaching the embassy, security gets crazy. No pictures were allowed after entering this security zone! |
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