26-Feb-2023
We're very much liking Sofia.
It has broad pavements, courteous motorists, and acres of public park, all of which makes it a good place to walk. It has some wonderful architecture and a never-ending supply of sculptures, so you're always fishing out the camera. The only thing I can really fault is the insufficient number of public toilets...
Anyway, some photos from Day 7 (Saturday) and Day 8 (Sunday, aka today):
It's a new day... The dawn view from our window yesterday
In the City Garden, Sofia's oldest park
Mountains!
Monument to the Unknown Soldier...
... with its solemn lion
St Kliment Ohridski, a medieval Bulgarian saint known as the patron of education and language. The nearby university is named after him
The Monument to the Soviet Army. Completed in 1954, it's now controversial, and may be dismantled
The Borisova Gradina
The Mound of Brotherhood, honouring partisans who died fighting for Bulgaria during World War II
The Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker
St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The Church of Sveti Sedmochislentsi
Sofia has a great selection of architecture-supporting figures. These eagles are among my favourites
The National Palace of Culture
The monument to the victims of communism in Bulgaria
A monument to Bulgarian soldiers killed in foreign lands -- and the source of another controversy (tl;dr: it's the map...)
Outside the Museum of Contemporary Art
South Park
Another of Sofia's laudable attributes is its trams, which nicely contribute to the city's soundscape
More of Roman Serdica, in an underpass-cum-museum
Looking forward to more over the next couple of days.