Bulgaria

As Ultimas fotos en sofia eperando a hora de embarcar.

Estatua de Santa Sofia

Mercado popular

Interior do mercado popular

Relogio do mercado popular

Ovo da sorte

Fotos pelo caminho

Foto chegando en Atenas

Today I went walking through Vitosha street, wishing to go to Mina's church that could be interesting, since interesting places in the center of the I had seen almost all of them.

Fist stop: National Palace of Culture'
I had been here before, but I didn't go inside since I believed that this place it would be a shopping center (mall).

A pound in the front of the building

Inside of Nationsl Palace of culture.

Another place on my way to Mina's church
Museum "The Earth and the people"

Now a Shopping Center

After climbing a mountain I found Mina's Church, that it was closed for repairs after some pishings actions.

Feeling dissapointed since I tought that this church would be an ancient building.
But anyway it was a goal to climb one mountain and go walking almost outside the city in a beautiful day of European spring, (almost summer)

Well this was my morning, now looking for place to eat, some typical Bulgarian dishe, I found a familiar restaurant, and I choose one of the foods that I didn't know what it would be because it was just in Bulgarish.

It was named Copriva with rice, copriva it is a kind of spinach, I eat mixed with yougourt, that it is the way to eat this food. Very Nice.

After a relax time in the B and B until 4 PM, I went outside to walk.

I went walking following the Tram Rails that leads to popular area in Sofia

I had another lunch since the copriva lunch make me hungry again, this time I went after some greek food that I had before.

Eating outside of this place

I got lost but folowing some boulevards sudennly I reach a known place, that I had been before.

I seated down for a while below a shade of tree in park.

Another places in the afternoon since is my last complete day i Sofia.

I will depart tomorrow at 5.30 PM to Athens (Greece)

Puppy Lions maybe in front of National Library

A children's park with a lot of sculptures dedicated to children.

Another park near the National University.
It seems a comunist sculpture

Inside the park

Since it was almost 8 PM.
Time of return

Some pictures on my way to my place in Sofia
These are place that I visited before,

Hoy en la mañana volvi al lugar donde habia parado el dia anterior.

Encontre este curioso monumento:

La iglesia rusa de Sofia

Russian Church of Saint Nikolai. . The pointed golden cross of the church is noticed from far away. The interior of the church contains wonderful orna¬ments and unique Russian-style icons.
Aqui asiste el culto religioso, con mucho incienso. Es un ritual completamente diferente de la iglesia catolica.

Iglesia Santa SofiaThe St. Sophia Church, which stands to this day next to the St. Alexander Nevski Memorial Cathedral, gave the city its present-day name.

Interior de la Iglesia

Hora de almuerzo del león.

Los dias por aqui están lindos, parece un verano en Chile, mucho sol y temperatura de 27 grados.
Esta es la primavera en Bulgaria. El verano aquí es muy caliente, la temperatura permanece en una media de 42oC, y en el invierno temperatura de 20 grados negativos.

Retrato de un de los santos ortodoxos, las personas prenden velas, y besan los muchos retratos mostrando grande devoción.

Sofia is the capital city of Bulgaria and the heart of the country as well. The city is a cultural, administrative and industrial centre and its motto definitely deserves to be “It grows, but does not age”. Sofia is the biggest city in Bulgaria. It is surrounded by the Balkan Mountains Range to the north, the Lozen Mountain to the south-east, the Mountain Vitosha to the south and the Lyulin Mountain to the southwest.
It is at 550 meters above sea level.

Sofia is linked by international routes with the capitals of Europe, and through Istanbul and Ankara, with the Middle East.

Rotunda de Saint George

Ротонда „Свети Георги“ Rotonda "Sveti Georgi") is an Early Christian red brick rotunda that is considered the oldest building in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is situated behind the Sheraton Hotel, amid remains of the ancient town of Serdica.

Built by the Romans in the 4th century AD, it is mainly famous for the 12th-14th century frescoes inside the central dome. Three layers of frescoes have been discovered, the earliest dating back to the 10th century. Magnificent frescoes of 22 prophets over 2 metres tall crown the dome. Painted over during the Ottoman period, when the building was used as a mosque, these frescoes were only uncovered in the 20th century.

Estatuas por la ciudad

Encontre este campeonato Internacional de Ajedrez.

El teatro Nacional

National Theatre, built in a German neoclassicism architecture style.The theatre was founded in 1904, and its building was completed in 1907.

Catedral de San Alexander

St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral and Memorial Church is also one of the symbols of Sofia. The altar and the patriarch's throne are cut of multi-colored marble. The belfry of the church rises to a height of 50.52 meters. The central dome is gold-plated with a massive gold cross on top. The Crypt of the cathedral houses a collection of masterpieces of Bulgarian icon painting. Visitors can enjoy the exhibited more than 200 icons and frescos.

En la mañana sali a explorar Sofia.
Inicialmente me dirigi para observar las montañas nevadas que se pueden avistar desde la ciudad.

Foto desde un pequeño parque, en el fundo se puede observar las montañas

En esta ciudad la temperatura en el invierno llega a los 20 grados negativos y en el verano la temperatura se eleva hasta los 42 oC.

Foto de una foca, en na plaza.

Una iglesia Cristiana Ortodoxa

Statue of the Sofia, sculpted by Tchapp / Georgi Tschapkanov
The Sofia statue is located at the intersection of Maria Louisa Boulevard and Todor Alexandrov Boulevard. It was erected in 2000 replacing Lenin’s monument, which was removed from the same spot in 1991. It has eight metres height and it stands on a sixteen meters pedestal. It is made by copper and bronze by the sculptor Georgi Chapkanov and the architect Stanislav Konstantinov. The crown symbolizes the power, the wreath the fame and the owl the wisdom. The appearance is also a reference to the humanized picture of the ancient town of Serdica that exist on the old emblem of Sofia and it is taken from an antique coin.

Mezquita

The last surviving mosque in Sofia still in use, the building consists of a large dome and an elegant minaret and takes its name from the neighbouring Central Baths - Banya Bashi literally means ‘many baths'. Dating from 1576, the mosque is said to have been designed by Hadji Mimar Sinan, the leading Ottoman architect of the day. The mosque fell into disuse during Communist rule but is now open for worship once again - you can hear the loudspeakers on the minaret calling the Muslims of the city to prayer five times a day. The mosque is not officially open as a tourist attraction but visitors are welcome outside prayer times, including women, if modestly dressed.

Interior de la Mezquita, hay que sacarse los zapatos para entrar.

Por la ciudad a camino de la estacion de buses y trenes.

Terminal de buses

Estación de trenes

Despues de preguntar por precios y horarios en las varias empresas de trenes y buses.
Compre mi pasaje para Grecia para el dia 22/05 en la noche.
El bus sale a las 5:30 de la tarde (Brasil 11:30 AM) (Chile: 10:30 AM)
Son 11 horas de viaje.

Hay que tomar cuidado en la compra de pasajes porque algunas vendedoras, tratan de vender el pasaje de ida y vuelta sin te preguntar nada. Creo que tienen comisión y por eso quieren vender el pasaje de ida y vuelta.

Guardias en el palacio presidencial

Galeria de Artes

Interior de Iglesia Cristiana Ortodoxa
(90 % de la población es de esta religión)

Es la Governación de la ciudad.

Hoy bien temprano decidi viajar en la mañana para Sofia, para garantir mi transito por la Serbia bien dentro de la Visa de transito que conseguí. Fui rapidamente a la estación que esta al lado del Hotel para saber a que horas sale el tren para Sofia por la mañana.
Me dijeron que sale a las 7:15 y como eran la 6:30 de la mañana, conseguia hacer las maletas y estar en la estación a tiempo.

Hice las maletas me abasteci con unos sendvics (Sandwich) y otros comestibles tipico y una botella de jugo. Y alli estaba yo a las 7:00 de la mañana ya arriba del tren.

Fue una viaje excelente por las montañas del sur de Serbia, el aroma de las flores de arboles y arbustos era maravilloso.

A continuación algunas fotos del viaje.

El tren estaba practicamente vacio, y yo viaje solo en una cabine.
Donde pude me acostar y dormir un poco durante el viaje, escuchar musica y ver TV en mi mp7.

Corredor del trem.

Durante el viaje atravesamos una región montañosa con unos picos mas impresionantes que la cordillera de los andes.

Ahora 2 fotos de Sofia.

Despues de ir para el hospedaje, y tomar un banho sali para hacer una compras y conocer un poco los alrededores.
Estaba lloviendo asi que no me demore mucho.

En el supermercado cuando fui a pagar la compra me dijeron que no aceptaban Euros, y solo la moneda de Bulgaria.
Yo pensaba que el Euro circulaba por aqui.
Por suerte habia una caja de cambio bien cerca, asi cambie 20 Euros.

Por lo que note, por aqui el cirilico (aquellas letras extrañas) esta mucho mas presente que en Serbia. Por lo que mi estudio del Cirilico en la Serbia me va a servir mucho mas por aqui.

Mc Donald, escrito en cirilico

Fotos de los leones en un predio del gobierno bien cerca del hospedaje.
(Estoy alojado bien en el centro de la ciudad)