San Stefano

~ Veselin ~ 6 Comments

Same place, 3 different points of view. Probably the most hipster area in Sofia that’s not yet conquered by tourists. My lunch had chicken and a bunch of unusual ingredients. Tasted well.

I let my guard down during my vacation

~ Veselin ~ 13 Comments

I had an awesome 2 weeks off and it felt awesome, I wish my vacation was longer. However, watching the health app, it’s full of red flags everywhere.

🔴 Made on average about 3K steps per day during the 2 weeks 📉, with a decrease in all activity and calory metrics
🔴 Ate more meals, more each meal, and less healthy food each day, often with beer, ice cream, and fries 🍺
🔴 Gained 2-3kg 👻
🔴 I find it harder to make myself walk and climb stairs now that I’m back

Looking back, what did I do wrong?

The food in Greece, Spain, and generally all restaurant food in vacation destinations is tasty, the portions are big, and it’s full of fats, salts, and sugar. Unlike brunch places in Bulgaria that feed office workers, tourist trap areas feed tourists who only eat there for a short period. They are not incentivized to sell healthy food but rather to make guests pay more. Also, it’s hot, and hot encourages ice cream and beer. Hard to avoid that or is it?

My biggest wonder from this year is what happened with the steps. I went down from 10k to 3k. Why? Not sure. Living in a small village doesn’t leave that much room for walking but ours had a long beach alley. Walking was possible. I slipped somehow.

Hansol CRT

~ Veselin ~ 5 Comments

Someone left a broken CRT computer display next to the recycling bins. It brought memories.

Back in 1998, my first color screen was like this, or very close to it. Same brand – Hansol, and the same look from behind. I don’t remember the exact model but I remember the smell of fresh plastic and static electricity. The smell remained for months and I loved it.

It was very surprising to see how my website looked in color. I built it with the previous black and white display. In a sense, this purchase forced me to rewrite my website and learn some JavaScript.

Beans

~ Veselin ~ 2 Comments

First hiking achievement post in 3 weeks. I reached Cherni Vrah and had beans there. The beans were nice.

I took a longer path to the top, which was obscured by endless blueberries 🫐 and occasional raspberries.

I’m surprised nobody ate them before me.

And this is Sofia. Or at least Sofia is visible.