Sofia Date(s): January 8-9, 2014. Album by David Clement. 1 - 27 of 27 Total. 8 Visits.
1 Monument to the Tsar Liberator - Alexander II liberated Bulgaria from Ottoman rule in 1878
2 automatic Metro ticket machine - coins only
3 Saint Clement of Ohrid - Metro station named after him
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5 St Nedelya Church
6 Statue of Sveta Sofia
7 Sofia was originally a Thracian settlement called Serdica; these are ruins
8 Banya Bashi Mosque
9 a lot of olives
10 nice break from the cold here to eat my airplane snacks!
11 Mr Proper
12 Sofia Synagogue - it and its associated Jewish Museum were both closed
13 Banya Bashi Mosque from another angle
14 Sofia Public Mineral Baths, also closed (due to construction)
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16 Office house of the National Assembly (former house of the Bulgarian Communist Party)
17 museum underground in a path under a busy street
18 Sofia Presidential Palace
19 cute little Russian church
20 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the distance
21 it's the main landmark in Sofia
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23 Monument to the Tsar Liberator with my Radisson Hotel in the background
24 empty park; it was around 0 degrees the day I was there
25 scouting out the bus to the airport; bought ticket in advance - it required an old fashioned manual punch upon entry to the bus (with no time stamp anywhere it seemed)
