View Full Version : Athens,Bucharest or Sofia?


wanton6
November 26th, 2004, 04:03 PM
I think today Athens looks more inviting but in the near future, Bucharest will be far ahead...

Allan
November 26th, 2004, 04:15 PM
^
:yes:

www.sercan.de
November 26th, 2004, 04:41 PM
i need pics....btw..can we compare these cities?

wanton6
November 26th, 2004, 04:43 PM
sure

www.sercan.de
November 26th, 2004, 04:56 PM
but all cities should be "same rich"!!

wanton6
November 26th, 2004, 05:10 PM
come oon bro! you are willing to have a nice vacation,and you should decide which city you wanna visit!! Bucharest,Athens or Sofia? which one is more inviting? it is all easy...nothing to do with money here...just vote

www.sercan.de
November 26th, 2004, 05:16 PM
ok :D

but i really need some pics to have an impression of the cities.

wanton6
November 26th, 2004, 05:21 PM
ok we need some help from the inhabitants of nominee cities...can you post some pictures please...especially I would like to see Sofia...does anyone have any pics?

wanton6
November 26th, 2004, 07:57 PM
SOFIA
http://touristreklama.travel-bulgaria.com/img/broshures/sofia.jpghttp://www.cep.org.hu/countries/gifs/1e.gif
http://www.mimipet.com/thbs/img0456.jpg
http://www.studentholidays.com/bg/image/theatre.jpghttp://www.studentholidays.com/bg/image/sofia1.jpghttp://www.studentholidays.com/bg/image/library.jpg
http://www.harrys-stuff.com/overland-4/overland-4-images/sofia.jpghttp://www.harrys-stuff.com/overland-5/overland-5-images/sofia-street-2004.jpg
http://www.harrys-stuff.com/overland-5/overland-5-images/sofia-monument-2004.jpghttp://www.harrys-stuff.com/overland-5/overland-5-images/alexander-nevsky-2004.jpg
http://www.harrys-stuff.com/overland-5/overland-5-images/sofia-2004.jpg

I think its time to vote for Sofia!! if I could have one more chance, I wouldnt wait a minute...

Mr. T
November 26th, 2004, 10:56 PM
What do you mean by"more inviting" can you expand on that. Thanks.

braykov1988
November 26th, 2004, 11:16 PM
It's out of the question, everyone will vote for athens, it's a popular tourist destination. I, as a BUlgarian felt obliged to vote for Sofja. The question here is more like Sofia or Bucharest. Well, I'm a little prejudiced since I live in Sofia, but IMO:
Sofia is similar to Bucharest in the sence of maintenance, they are both not exactly clean. read uninviting. as for architecture it is closer to belgrade. bucharest could be considered more interesting as it has a huge collection of megalomaniac stalinist buildings (so megalomaniac they were finnished in the 80's), but sofia has Vitosha, a wonderful mountain right near it, so it's more of a choice for nature-lovers. It's terribly underrated and unknown. so here are some pics
http://www.pbase.com/ngruev/sofia

LEAFS FAN
November 26th, 2004, 11:43 PM
It's out of the question, everyone will vote for athens, it's a popular tourist destination. I, as a BUlgarian felt obliged to vote for Sofja. The question here is more like Sofia or Bucharest. Well, I'm a little prejudiced since I live in Sofia, but IMO:
Sofia is similar to Bucharest in the sence of maintenance, they are both not exactly clean. read uninviting. as for architecture it is closer to belgrade. bucharest could be considered more interesting as it has a huge collection of megalomaniac stalinist buildings (so megalomaniac they were finnished in the 80's), but sofia has Vitosha, a wonderful mountain right near it, so it's more of a choice for nature-lovers. It's terribly underrated and unknown. so here are some pics
http://www.pbase.com/ngruev/sofia


Those are really good pictures! Sofia has some very nice buildings! Is that an underground subway line in one of the pics?

Istanbullu
November 27th, 2004, 12:39 AM
Athens is a big city. So i think it's a different cathegory but among these cities i like Bucharest most.

Wicky
November 27th, 2004, 12:44 AM
What for idiotic poll with a question, which is no idotic, but worse. Make your polls of Asiatic cities.

GoodGuy
November 27th, 2004, 12:59 AM
So... You want photos? There u go... This is a part of Athens

http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/53907.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/52643.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/81fv8033.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/81fv8038.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/faliro2_090604.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/faliro_090604.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/500_51.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/olympic/images/47746.jpg http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/construction/images/sef001.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/monastiraki1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/monastiraki2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/plaka1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/thissio1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/thissio4.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/thissio3.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/thissio9.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/thissio5.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Modern%20Area/sintagma1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Modern%20Area/sintagma4.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Modern%20Area/stadiou-arcades.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Modern%20Area/stadiou2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Modern%20Area/zapion1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Modern%20Area/zapion2_park.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20Katehaki/katehaki2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20Katehaki/katehaki1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20Katehaki/katehaki4.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20OAKA/oaka_agora1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20OAKA/oaka_agora2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20OAKA/oaka_agora4.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20OAKA/oaka_agora5.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20OAKA/velodrome2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/eliniko1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/eliniko2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/glifada1.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/esplanada_n.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Various%20-%20Athens%20Metro/line3_plakentias.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Various%20-%20Athens%20Metro/line3_katehaki.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/faliro2.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/faliro3.jpghttp://www.athens-today.com/photo/South%20Suburbs%20-%20%20Coastline/esplanada_d.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/acropoli4.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/acropoli3.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/Centre%20-%20Ancient%20Area/monastiraki3.jpg http://www.athens-today.com/photo/North%20Suburbs%20-%20OAKA/oaka_agora3.jpghttp://www.daniilidis.gr/main/architectural/images/ethntrapeza803.jpg

Carpe diem
November 27th, 2004, 01:18 AM
Sofia rocks! :okay:

wanton6
November 27th, 2004, 02:06 AM
What for idiotic poll with a question, which is no idotic, but worse. Make your polls of Asiatic cities.
:hilarious:hilarious:hilarious take your pills friend, relax....no big deal!!:hilarious

wanton6
November 27th, 2004, 02:14 AM
What do you mean by"more inviting" can you expand on that. Thanks.
it is not very complicated,what I ve tried to mean is that which city has more to offer?if you were travelling which city would you like to visit first??
Btw,beautiful athens pics( I know Athens is a more popular tourist destination than Bucharest and Sofia,statistics proove this but there may be some other beautiful cities(like Bucharest,Sofia) which are not discovered widely yet by tourists,maybe this poll is a chance to learn more about them...thank you guys for voting...

Mr. T
November 27th, 2004, 02:26 AM
^^Thanks for explaining.

braykov1988
November 27th, 2004, 11:26 AM
another link of sofia
http://www.pbase.com/ngruev/sofia2
@leafs fan: yeah, it's a subway line, we have about 10km of subway (10 stations) in use and 3 more under construction.

Taha
November 27th, 2004, 10:19 PM
Ofcourse Athens is more inviting city. ;) :cucumber:

MIMICA
November 28th, 2004, 09:06 AM
I voted for Athens, but now I am getting second doubts. Mabye Sofia was a better choice...Well, anyway's: They all are very nice choices and it was a struggle.

gm2263
November 28th, 2004, 12:12 PM
I voted for Athens but according to many of my friends Bucharest is also a jewel. Sophia is also nice but I agree that Athens overall IS more inviting as a city now. However, when Romania and Bulgaria become members of the EU and reach this standard, they will certainly be amongst the "places to be" in the new Europe. These cities have excellent architecture that cannot be easily overlooked for the sake of polished image. Too good in fact :)

wanton6
November 28th, 2004, 03:28 PM
thank you guys for your participations....:cheers1:

Gatis
December 29th, 2004, 04:14 PM
Athens. Acropolis+history alone are worth a lot!

ch1le
December 30th, 2004, 04:35 PM
i dont like athens...sorry. but it seems like full of 2 storey white mud brick houses... :(

Christos7
December 30th, 2004, 06:39 PM
Ch1le, does this look like 2 story white mud buildings? I can keep posting more pics of you like. Look Athens does have alot of those concrete apartment buildings, but it;s only one part of Athens. People need to explore more of the city.


http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NN/NNFrissirasMuseum4_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthensArchitecture_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthBenakiMuseum2_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NK/NKifissia0001_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/At/AthensExarhia3_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthPlaka3_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NN/NNAthensElectraPalace0002_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/At/AthensExarhia4_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthensCurrencyMuseum5_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthTechnopolis2_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthensPsyrri1_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NK/NKifissia0012_b.jpg

http://www.astynet.gr/photos/b_Koumound11.jpg

http://www.olahansson.com/spetses/images/athens%20(1).jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthArceologicalMuseum1_b.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/8196615.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/30890639.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/30089280.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/17601335.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/33620391.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/33620403.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NO/NOmonia6_b.jpg

http://www.astynet.gr/photos/b_kolok-f4.jpg

http://www.astynet.gr/photos/b_panos2.jpg

http://www.astynet.gr/photos/b_aiolou-4.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NA/NAthPsiriDistrict2_b.jpg

http://www.nyloo.com/ast/cov/NK/NKifissiaP0002_b.jpg

http://www.greecead.com/gadhome/athensphotos/monument-in-plaka.jpg

http://www.greecead.com/gadhome/athensphotos/tower-of-the-winds-in-plaka.jpg

http://www.greecead.com/gadhome/athensphotos/metropolis-of-athens.jpg

MIMICA
December 31st, 2004, 05:21 AM
Athens! :)

Arpels
February 4th, 2005, 09:36 PM
Athens :)

Ozcan
February 5th, 2005, 08:35 PM
Atina (is in Turkish:D)

coaster
February 23rd, 2005, 07:15 AM
Athens

MIMICA
February 25th, 2005, 09:27 AM
of course athens would win this poll. my predictions for romania and bulgaria are very optimistic, since they are both sleeping giants. once things get going, both countries are going to accomplish some very nice things. :)

wheezer
February 26th, 2005, 06:22 PM
Athens

Paolo
February 26th, 2005, 07:29 PM
Bucharest:

http://www.alcor.com.au/gabrield/photography/photos/bucharest/piata_universitatii.jpg

http://www.alcor.com.au/gabrield/photography/photos/bucharest/arcul_de_Triumf.jpg

http://www.alcor.com.au/gabrield/photography/photos/bucharest/ateneul_roman.jpg

http://www.alcor.com.au/gabrield/photography/photos/bucharest/CEC-ul.jpg

http://www.europa.kawiarenka.pl/gfx/bukareszt12.jpg

http://www.outdoorholiday.com/images/Bucharest%20by%20night.jpg

http://thor.info.uaic.ro/~busaco/photos/may2003/buc36.jpg

Paolo
February 26th, 2005, 07:34 PM
http://www.pbase.com/poppieboy/image/1600269

http://www.pbase.com/poppieboy/image/1600994

http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavic/images/Romania-Bucharest.jpg

http://www.ukrrom.com/imag/bucharest6.jpg

http://adrianbaras.net/romania/Bucharest/DSC02153.jpg

http://adrianbaras.net/romania/Bucharest/DSC02148.jpg

http://misheli.image.pbase.com/u6/poppieboy/large/1601303.VoormaligpaleisCeaucescuIII.jpg

http://sabin.ro/sabinnew/albun43/IMG_9705edit.sized.jpg

Bass
February 26th, 2005, 07:58 PM
I won't vote, because I have never been to Sofia or Bucharest, and besides that I'm a big fan of Greece and Athens, of the Greek culture and the joie de vivre. So I'm biased.

chicagogeorge
February 28th, 2005, 04:17 AM
All three cities are beautiful in their own way. Saying that.....

Sofia and Bucharest are comparable cities in the Balkan peninsula.
Athens however is further south. It has a different climate, geography, culture (to a certain degree), and the architecture is uniquely mediterranean. Athens would be better compared with Naples, Izmir, TelAviv, and possibly Rome, Madrid, Marsailes. Sofia and Bucharest should be compared with Begrade, Budapest, Sarejevo, and maybe Istanbul, and Thessaloniki.

indigo
February 28th, 2005, 04:18 AM
I guess this is the only battle Athens can win. :D

chicagogeorge
February 28th, 2005, 04:43 AM
^
Yeah you're right,
Athens has never won anything in it's short history.

indigo
February 28th, 2005, 04:55 AM
^

I mean in a city vs. city.

mic of Orion
February 28th, 2005, 11:02 AM
I voted Singapore, lol :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Ozcan
March 5th, 2005, 09:36 PM
Definitely not Athens because of Leafs Fanatic :D

braykov1988
March 14th, 2005, 09:31 PM
since my city is so underrepresented around here, I took my camera and made a few shots
so, here's where my walk starts, NDK, the place where people meet. this used to be my fav hangout place.
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455581510781250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455581265625000.jpg
a soc era pic. the square is really cool in summer with all the bustle and hustle going around
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463277654218750.jpg
bulgaria square
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455581705781250.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455581620468750.jpg
Levski blvd house
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455582021406250.jpg
popa, a place where people meet. to buy weed...
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455582130000000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455582235937500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455582379843750.jpg
Svoboda park, near soviet army monument
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455582718437500.jpg
Sports' palace
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455582857031250.jpg
natio0nal stadium vasil levski
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455584120937500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632455584181250000.jpg
St Sofia church (which is nowhere near, but who cares?)
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463246144687500.jpg
batemberg mausoleum
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463246264375000.jpg

Vitoshka, the main drag of sofia with all the hot shops/chicks (unfortunately, chicks don't show off in march, it's too cold) Mount vitosha's snowy cap is visible in the photo, of U look hard enough
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463246453750000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463246661093750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463246866875000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463247066562500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463247217812500.jpg
Court Palace
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463247432343750.jpg
Alabin street
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463247633750000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463247844687500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463248030000000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463248379687500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463248638125000.jpg
KNSB building, our little genex montrocity
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463248847812500.jpg
Macedonia (FYROM maybe?) square. a place where U can spot sofia's she-male protitutes (!!!) Rodina Hotel in the distance
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463249046875000.jpg
Ministry of agriculture
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463249282656250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463249747500000.jpg
Hristo Botev blvd and Cherni Vruh in the distance
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463249971093750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463250395937500.jpg
Vuzrazhdane square
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463250606718750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463250938750000.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463251068437500.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463251281406250.jpg
Stamboliiski blvd
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463251478906250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463251575156250.jpg
Some small streets. notice the cars, parked on top of one another. there's a huga parking problem here.
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463252083437500.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463252290937500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463252444531250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463252607187500.jpg
Vitoshka once again
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463253011250000.jpg
Former Lenin square, now sveta nedelja; the stalinist building is the Sheraton
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463253284218750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463253490781250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463253717968750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463253952656250.jpg
Saborna street
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463254101875000.jpg
St George rotonda (very very old), in the court of the Sheraton/council of ministers complex
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463254252187500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463254451406250.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463254670156250.jpg
TZUM (central universal store), modelled after moscow GUM, currently a shopping mall
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463255048437500.jpg
Party house
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463255297968750.jpg
try to grasp the hammer and sickle
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463255596718750.jpg

Some small streets
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463256000937500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463256195156250.jpg

Mosque on Banski square
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463256410312500.jpg
St Nedelja church and vitosha mtn
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463256695156250.jpg
Banski square
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463257009218750.jpg
Central bath house, under restoration. to become museum of sofia some day
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463257149218750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463257149218750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463257461875000.jpg
many houses like that on maria lousa blvd, but I was too tired to continue...
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463257957656250.jpg
Pirotska, a pedestrian street that's full of shoe shops for some reason; notice the weird statue on the right
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463258176875000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463258362187500.jpg
Elektroimpex and the synagogue. it's interestin that there's a synagogue, mosque and cathedral in a 100m distance
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463258582031250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463258744843750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463258926875000.jpg
halite, a shopping mall; this is the back door, unfortunately the photo of hte facade is blurred beyond recognition

http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463259050781250.jpg
synagogue and ekzarh joseph street
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463259477031250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463259664062500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463260063437500.jpg
back to pirotska
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463261207500000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463261366093750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463261726562500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463261975312500.jpg
one outdoor cafe's already settled here. in a month the whole street will be covered with cafes, full of "overwrought" people complaining about how much they hate living in Bulgaria
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463262142187500.jpg

http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463262465312500.jpg
Rodina hotel with a coll view towards vitosha and kopitoto TV tower
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463262563750000.jpg
another mountain site
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463262984531250.jpg

this is part one, now I have to walk my dog and get a snack...

braykov1988
March 14th, 2005, 09:46 PM
Some photos from the u/c sofia "city", some of the first projects are already completed. I hope I see skyscrapers here some day
this is hotel anEl (anal lol, couldn't help it)
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463263160468750.jpg
??? the building was still vacant, just finished, probably
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463263277656250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463263389687500.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463263499062500.jpg

this is where I took a short trip with the subway back to the center. I shot a few pics, just as I was exiting the station a cop caught me by the arm and scared the shit out of me, I had a little bag of joint in my backpack... thanks god he never opened it! he said I couldn't tak photos and made me delete all I'd shot. he said he was supposed to take the camera and hand it over at the station, where I was to get it in several MONTHS!

so I'll post some station photos from the web
Serdica, the site of my "crime"
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_serdika_02.jpg
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_serdika-6.jpg
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_serdika-5.jpg
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_serdika-1.jpg
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_serdika-2.jpg

Vardar, where I got on
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_opulch_03.jpg
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_opulch_04.jpg
http://www.metropolitan.bg/images/foto_opulch_05.jpg

So, here's once again sveta nedelja church
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463263637500000.jpg
st sofia statue. she's hot man, very exposed boobs, and her nipples are hard. the church refused to send a priest to ??? the statue when they inaugurated it because st sofia looked slutty. too bad the close-up-bust-pic was blurred
:(
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463263740000000.jpg
out of the subway
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463264323125000.jpg
This is grafa, my favourite drag. it's not as expensive as vitoshka, but I believe it deserves more appreciation.
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463264479375000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463264634218750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463264941562500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463265177343750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463265562343750.jpg
KNSB reminds me a bit of that beogrdjanka tower.
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463265726093750.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463266095468750.jpg

this is a more elegant part of sofia, there's less trade and more office space, banks, government buildings and similar stuff. buildings are more beautiful, there's more preserved from the bombings in 1944, but it's really more sterile and boring. I hardly ever go there, so I'm really surprised to find how nice it was on that sunny march saturday.

http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463266332187500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463266511875000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463266784375000.jpg
this is where I enter the yellow brick area.
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463266930156250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463267335156250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463267597968750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463267823750000.jpg
typical babait exemplar. no wonder why macedonian nacionalists claim bulgarians were tatars...
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463268098125000.jpg
presidency fountain
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463268340781250.jpg
archeological museum
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463268490312500.jpg
batmberg square
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463268669843750.jpg
royal palace
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463268893593750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463269185468750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463269395937500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463269703125000.jpg
bulgaria hotel; note the screen, counting down the days to bulgaria's EU membership. They have the same clock in Bucharest, I hope theirs is counting down at the same rate...
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463269851250000.jpg
National theatre Ivan Vazov
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463270049687500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463270221562500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463270452968750.jpg

http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463270649531250.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463270912343750.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463271093437500.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463271496250000.jpg
Rakovska street, Sofia's broadway. it has about 20 theatres
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463271861406250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463272173906250.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463272485000000.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463272759531250.jpg http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463273042968750.jpg
army's club
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463273548750000.jpg
houses and embasies on ruski blvd, the main yellow brick road
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463273989218750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463274325312500.jpg
parliament on zar osvoboditel square
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463274658750000.jpg
Alexander nevsky. I love the photo, the moon is good (I think it's not a moon, but dirt on the cam, but it looks nice)
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463275492968750.jpg
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463275679062500.jpg
the usual traffic jam and the university
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463275956875000.jpg
ruski blvd
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463276513906250.jpg
university building
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463276956562500.jpg
a huge traffic jam on orlov most, the gate to the main city highway; traffic light wasn't working
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463277285937500.jpg
Some places I couldn't visit because my battery died on me
int'l art gallery
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463277425156250.jpg
Laleto ski area and the simeonovski lift gondola
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463277526250000.jpg the romanian church
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463277905468750.jpg
Russian church
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463277948593750.jpg
St Petka church
http://www.bgphoto.net/photos/924/o632463278114531250.jpg
I hope you njoyed it, I didn't, it's so damn frustrating to upload photos...

_keen_
April 2nd, 2005, 11:18 PM
What ??!