Category: Sofia

Daily Sofia

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I did almost 15K steps today, pretty happy with the accomplishment. All I wanted in the morning was to stay in bed and not do anything, and wasn’t that far from attempting it. A couple of highlights:

  • There are USB-A charging ports in the park. I don’t know how to test them without risking to brick a device
  • The difference between Rook and Western Jackdaw is enormous, once you see them next to each other. However, neither posed for a photo. I was not fast enough (bottom photo, 5 seconds too late)
  • I have a new photo of the void but will share it as a separate post because it is worthy

Why

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I get the feeling the new generation laughs at and creates absurd things. Here’s one I saw on my walk.

31 years ago, the Bulgarian national football team reached the World Cup semi-finals. Nice, but long forgotten. Why would anyone celebrate such a distant and insignificant event by printing custom stickers and putting them up outside?

The Wire

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There’s a park close to our co-working space that’s surrounded by a wall. Right in the middle of that wall, there’s a patch of 10-ish meters of barbed wire. I’ve been to the other side a few times, nothing but trees. Makes me wonder why and how?

And a local resident:

Very friendly.

The dark side and the darker side

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This is a photo from my neighborhood. This is the dark, northern side of the buildings.

And this is a sidewalk, the legal way to cross the highway. Of course, there are other ways further away. I call this sidewalk “The middle path” because it’s medium inconvenience, and in my opinion, holds the highest risk for the pedestrians. Zoom in and you’ll see the leftovers of a flying car that somehow fell off the bridge without damaging the guard rails. Not an isolated accident. I’ve seen a flying car in the opposite part of the cloverleaf interchange.