Category: Sofia

Saint George’s Day

~ Veselin ~ 4 Comments

I visited the official celebration for Saint George’s day, which is our military holiday. It was very lively, with lots of parents with kids, waiting to see the fighter jets. Good weather, blue skies.

Regarding the airplanes, I was hoping to see and take photos of our brand new F-16. Unfortunately, they flew over in seconds and I had a camera malfunction, so no photos from me. The organizers, who might be a bit east-leaning, made the star of the show our old Soviet Mig-29. They executed some aerobatic loops.

Sofia is nice in May.

Schmeisser Update

~ Veselin ~ 10 Comments

We used to have the Schmeisser monument in Sofia, commemorating the Soviet’s occupation (or liberation, depending on who you ask) of Bulgaria. Most of the giant monument, strategically located in front of the Turkish embassy, is still menacing there.

A few years ago, the top statue got torn apart and removed for “restoration”, and the entire area got surrounded with a wall, pending more decisive political times. The area behind the wall started turning into a jungle, like any space left unattended in Sofia. Now that Giro d’Italia is coming to Sofia, the wall suddenly became too expensive to keep. I thought it was gone and went to document the development but it didn’t, it just shrank, leaving behind Nature’s attempt to conquer the monument.

Photo report below.

The big sign on the monument says “We want Bulgarian monument”.

Crazy Jay is Back

~ Veselin ~ 12 Comments

We have this jay that seems to love attacking windows, cats, and probably people each spring. To my knowledge, this is because they get aggressive when young jays hatch. Although it’s too soon for the little jays to be born, we had some window-smashing today and I expect that to last for at least another month, until the end of May.