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    • Day 11
    • Tuesday, July 12, 2022
    • ⛅ 23 °C
    • Altitude: 553 m
    • BulgariaSofia University42°41’28” N  23°20’1” E
    Breakfast brioche with cheese
    Ludmil, our fantastic hostEnormous tomatoes..and deliciousPreparing for the change of the guard by St GeorgiRatingen carnival vibesThe Russian churchSt Sofia, 2000 plus years a holy site on high groundThe National History Museum in a former presidential residenceThracian gold! c 1500 BCThe gold outlasts the flesh it adornedRhytin, exquisite gold Thracian drinking hornThe museum gardensMedieval monastic seat from RilaRose oil cannister..big Bulgarian 19th century industryTraditional costume, 19th century

    Sofia museum

    July 12, 2022 in Bulgaria ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Sofia Roman and pre Roman culture in churches and museums..Thracian golden glory and myths of Orpheus, mixing with Greeks and Scythians. Even the Celts were here! Rose and tobacco industries, Russia the liberator, dreams of Greater Bulgaria, more Balkan soup where people, religion, language blur. Ethic identity and national borders do not overlap, crises in the gaps, friction and frustration. Farewell to lovely Sofia, ancient Serdica, Roman stronghold, fantastic breakfasts, rattly trams and huge vegetables, yellow taxis and rolled ice cream on the bul Vitosha..Read more

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