Life, faith and Arsenal...: mars 2007

lørdag, mars 31, 2007

Nine hours with sewer!

Yes, we have had a lot of work with the damage we have in our sewer. We are not sure about the reason for and the extent of it. But that something was wrong we surely know, because of the sewer we found flowing out in our cellar.

We needed a tanker to help us, together with the people from the local goverment. They worked in six hours, and my wife and i continued to wash and clean for three more hours into the night...

We bought our house in 1999. It is about 50 years old, and the people told me that the system needs a renewal. We were lucky to stop the flood of sewer before it damaged to much inside our house.

So in a short time we will have people here, searching for the fault, by sending a camera into the system. After that we will be able to understand what to do.

A costly and unfortunate accident. To own a house gives you some goods and bads.

After this, we needed a break from sewer... A walk and experience of spring helps:

lørdag, mars 10, 2007

Photos from my trip to Bulgaria, part 1

I`ll start with some photos from my days in Sofia. But the really great photo-experiences i got when travelling with train through Bulgaria from Sofia in west to Varna and the Black Sea in east. I will be able to post some of those photos in few days.

This is Sofia. And yes, her name is Sofia!

The photographer!

... not so expensive. Just 40 norwegian krone (5 euro)! I am not used to see the hairdresser drinking wine when using their instruments!

St. Petka Samardzjijska church from around 1300

The jewish people in Bulgaria were not the most pursuited under the second world war. But after 1947 people told me that most of the jewish left for Israel and USA. The jewish were rich and had some wonderful houses. When they left noone took the responsibility to take care of them. The jewish part of the town is being marked of this... The houses are falling to pieces.

Not interested in me as a customer (he-he)

St. Nedelya church from around 1100

The Banya Bashi mosque in Sofia. Around 12% of the people in Bulgaria are muslims.
85% are Bulgarian orthodox. And then you have the rest...?

This fountain serves hot spring water. And it is natural spring water! People come with bottles...

This man talked to me in english when i photographed the Russian church. I had to listen to him. It was interesting. He told me that the country didn`t take care of his generation. In his case the pension, after working at the university, was nothing to live for. I got this information confirmed. The old people are totally dependent of their children. If they have no support, they will end up in the streets.

The famous Alexander Nevsky, the Bulgarian orthodox cathedral in Sofia! The staff at the hotell said that this is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world. Ok? Build between 1904 and 1912...

This man just asked me if i wanted to have a photo of him. And i did (of course!)

Outside the oldest orthodox church, St. Sofia church, the fire burn for the unknown soldier... A monumentum for the hundreds of thousands of Bulgarian soliders that have died in the wars for their homeland.

... it burns every day and night.

Is prostitution and the sexual activities which find place in the bars and clubs just something that the society have to accept? One of the bars is called Taboo!