Bulgaria

Sophia - we spent a mere 2 days visiting the capital of Bulgaria. The first day we went around looking at all the sights. The second day we revisited them all... Sophia doesn't have that much to see.

Life here is a bit different from the rest of Europe. The average salary is around $140 US a month! The girl who ran our hostel confirmed this (I got the number from a newspaper clipping). That means my camera is a years salary here. Which explains why everyone stared at me and why there were NO camera stores around.

The most important and impressive building here is their church (as with most cities). Very large, very ornate. As you can imagine we are getting a little burned out on all churchs.



There are a lot of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Bulgaria. Thus you get a lot of these characters walking around. Try reading the sign above them to figure out what they were buying. Good luck, everything is in a cyrillic alphabet. We had a heck of a time getting around with all the signs this way. We've learned to navigate by the landmarks alone by now.



Want a cheap thrill? That bottle of vodka in the middle is about $2.3euros.