It’s this time of the year…

One of the spring walking nightmares is having these friends everywhere. I don’t want to step on them and end their journey. They seem to be so motivated going in directions that look completely pointless.

And a few more photos from Sofia:

More tulips

As it seems, there are tulips everywhere.

The National Theater:

King’s Palace:

Middle of nowhere:

Cherveno Zname:

No tulips here, just … looked cool. A mix of modern and old.

Tulips

Today was the first hot day for the year, with temperatures nearing 20° C. The day was so busy that I was -> ” <- this close to breaking the blogging streak 🙂

Here’s some tulips for you. Left to right are Tulips with the statue of St. Kliment Ohridski, the likely author of the Cyrillic alphabet. Then tulips with the parliament, and then tulips with violets. Sofia can sometimes be pretty.

Spring

It’s getting easier to do steps outside. It’s still cold enough to need a jacket but it’s also bright and colourful. I prefer cold weather over hot for steps because I’m not sweating.

Nothing wakes you up better than…

…Stepping in dog poop.

I had a 1.5-hour drive ahead of me in the rain yesterday, and was very stressed because I was sleepy. While cleaning plum petals off the car, I stepped straight into it. Scrubbing and washing out the winter boots with unpleasantly deep treads woke me up completely and I had a safe drive. This made me want to generalize that certain negative events can have a more positive impact as wakeup calls than the damage they cause.

Meanwhile the plums smell great, look great, just don’t park right below: