POS Terminals at the Traffic Police

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the traffic police office now has POS terminals. There’s no longer a bank on site. Quick search revealed it happened 8 years ago, apparently I was lucky to not need to visit that place since then.

Previously, the process of getting a driver’s license required a visit to a separate bank desk just to pay a the service fee. The bank fee was high and annoying, and the back-and-forth between desks added lots of waiting time.

The former bank now look sad and lonely, a cash cow retired by modern technologies. Won’t be missed.

Rose hips

Sofia is full of fruit trees and shrubs. When I was a kid, people used to pick the fruit. I remember walking for kilometers to find plums that hadn’t already been picked by other kids. We ate them while they were still green.

Rose hips can be used to make jam, although this has fallen out of fashion over the years.

There’s no cat in this photo.