I wasn’t sure what to expect from Sofia. It’s been a very pleasant surprise. Having been inhabited since 7000 BC, it’s a city with a lot of history. I enjoyed seeing how the different eras mix and come together to form this vibrant city.
St Sofia Church – the city’s namesake cathedral with the remnants of a 3rd century church below including roman mosaics.
I also stumbled into a retro car show. Pretty sure it included the largest collection of Ladas I have ever seen.
With a bit of searching there are some amazing sights in Rome. This includes Santa Maria Maggiore, a large Basilica not too far from Rome’s Termini train station. While looking serene and peaceful it was a busy place even at 9 am on a weekend. The combination of it being a jubilee year in Rome…
It feels great to be back in Rome, though it’s always busy with tourists there is also never a shortage of places to wander and explore. Warning – it’s gonna be churches and more churches. Santa Maria della Vittoria having smaller crowds over the last few years and I wonder if they curse Dan Brown…
Located not far from the Paris city limits (where height restrictions wear off) is an area called La Defense. It has a history as a business centre dating back to 1958. According to Wikipedia: La Défense is Europe’s largest purpose-built business district, covering 560 hectares (1,400 acres), for 180,000 daily workers, with 72 glass and steel…
Less than a minute’s walk outside my apartment, it was market day today. I had seen the no parking signs go up the day before and they don’t mess around here in Athens. I was a huge market spanning several closed streets with endless fruits and vegetables, the occasional olives, nuts and dry beans. From…
An early start to the day and the shining brightly on the obligatory Eiffel Tower shot. Hiding behind me was a short but intense burst of rain, coming up behind Trocadero Fortunately once it cleared it was blue skies again and a great chance to wander the left bank without any particular destination in mind…
