Rage Against the Machine

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Spotted in Sofia, near Vasil Levski stadium.

This isn’t the first time I see vandalized scooters. Why it happens is beyond me but I’ve noticed the people who use them and the people who vandalize them seem to be in the U-18 age group.

For a car-heavy city like Sofia, driving these is too dangerous. I think cars within the city should be banned to make the other types of transportation safer, although I’m not particularly fond of scooters. I had two nearly run over me while crossing on a green light this year alone.

Sleeping beauty

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This gentleman remained unbothered by my approach to photograph him.

Vicious predator in his natural habitat. He’s probably watching me on the second photo.

Cherni Vrah

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One of my New Year’s resolutions was that I would hike to Cherni Vrah three times this year. Making steps in the city is easy – it doesn’t take much time, it’s flat, there’s food and water everywhere. Hiking is hard, it takes at least 45 minutes to reach the starting point. Then you drink what you carry. And last but not least, my hidden goal was to make the entire family go to the mountains.

Took us forever but we managed to do it with the kids today, so it couldn’t be better. They didn’t complain too much, which was also nice.

If one thing didn’t go well is that I need to wash my new white sneakers because I stepped into the mud several times. These are my only comfortable shoes at the moment and I made a sacrifice for the successful hike. Maybe this will motivate me to look for a backup pair next week.