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!




View from my room in Sofia. Outlook over the old jewish part of the town




At work. An intensive day with a lot of information to store in the harddisk. Not easy. Have to be up for it! Eh?!




Day 1 and 2 in Sofia and Bulgaria is finished! The trip to Varna will follow...