Going Home

On saturday morning Mr. Strong called a cab, he was about to take me to Sofia airport. My vacation in Bulgaria was in its end, I had to leave back home. Mr. Strong would follow me in few weeks, he had some unfinished business to do.
We arrived to airport exactly 1.15pm. I had booked another kind of flight, that would leave in fifteen minutes, so we said quick goodbyes, and then I had hurry to catch my balloon!

Street signs

It's so funny trying to guess what these local street signs say, I always spell cyrillic letters wrong. Mr. Strong knows the language like he's been talking it for his whole life, he's having fun while I spell the words aloud. Some day I will surprise him, and say something smart in this language.

This sign we located in Utrech last summer. The ones after this are from Sofia and Varna.

These street sign-photos got me so inspired, they're made by amazing british photographer Tim Walker. More about Tim Walker on his website and here!

2011!

So nice to start a new year again! We have so much work to do with Mr. Strong, I don't even know where to begin. My vacation here in Bulgaria is soon ending, work and studies are waiting me back home. I have to admit I'd rather continue the hunt with Mr. Strong here, it's been so nice to see the country again, and meet all the nice people here.
Here's some new photos we've taken in Sofia and Varna. And of course, best wishes for New Year!

 Molla Cattie, original design from Soviet times' candy paper.

Tiny red sewing machine, shop window decoration. Skeleton window decoration, Farenah. Just Shoes- light ad. Some nice looking poster.

My favourite floor in a shoe shop, Sofia. The oldest Happy- fast food restaurant in Varna, awesome blinds! Striped service car and a garage door, Varna.

Molla & Postcard

We've been searching for nice postcards to send to my family, but all shops had the same cards that I sent last time we were here. After a long day of roaming around and eating a few cheesecakes, we bumped into this studio, that makes postcards from your own photos. Now when I have the traditional bulgarian costume, I thought to make paper doll cards.

 

 Pretty old buildings in Varna.

Street art by Фарс и маус. Info and more photos here!
 

It's Holiday Time!

This year we celebrate Holiday Time together with Mr. Strong. We went to near forest in the middle of the night, and cut nice looking christmas tree. For dinner we wanted to hunt a rabbit, but we found something more delicious, a reindeer.

In a local restaurant...

Some restaurants here in Sofia have menus in english. I thought to try something new and order in bulgarian, the dish was called пилешка супа. -"Delicious", said the waitress and smiled. I had to believe, though in the corner of my eye I saw her winking to Mr. Strong.
Well, I waited for some 45 minutes, got my dish, and there it was. A bowl full of chicken hearts, local delicacy. Next thing I remember was lying in a ladies' room floor.

A small mistake

Few days ago we went walking downtown Sofia with Mr. Strong, when I saw this poster. It was about russian children's character called Cheburashka. I got so inspired, it's a Cheburashka costume party!

The history of Bulgaria is still a bit unknown to me, but I realized the poster was about the exhibition, which again was about soviet socialist times in Bulgaria, seen through the eyes of youngsters of those times. I think I need to learn this language, but at least I have a Cheburashka costume for cold winter days!

On the way to Sofia

- Mr. Strong! Oh, you never guess what happened to me! I'm so late for our meeting, but I had to make an emergency landing to Romania. My plane made funny sounds, then it suddenly started losing the height, and I had to land somewhere. I was only few hours from the border of Bulgaria, when I had to crash my plane to Transilvania mountains.

 

It was snow everywhere, all I could see were mountains and darkness. I left my plane, started walking and searching for something alive from freezing Transilvania. I came to a castle...

... knocked on the door, and before I even realized something bit me on my neck.

Then I woke up.

- And that's how it happened. But now I'm here, so we can start roaming around Sofia.