Day 129 - Lazy morning and Sofia History Museum
Thursday, November 8th, 2818.
We were supposed to leave this beautiful city today but we liked it so much that we decided to stay another two nights. Ok, we also like the prices. The food is cheap and delicious. Gregory seems more relaxed and we can go out to nice restaurants and not worry about spending $100 on a meal. We are also staying in a nice apartment for $46 a night with two complete bathrooms!
Anyway, we spent the morning doing homework, Sunshine on her own and Daniel teaching me the Cyrillic alphabet. He is a great teacher, more patient than I am. Around 2:00, we went out for lunch. I was going to settle for a doner kebab in a small stand but then we found this cool restaurant called Happy Bar and Grill. We were all happy to see that they had sushi!!! We had a large, delicious meal.
After that, I was determined to go visit the Sofia History Museum. It took us a while to get there because they are fixing many of the downtown streets and so there are lots of detours. Oh, also the streets are not on a grid here!
We stopped at the Archeological Museum but they were closing in less than an hour so we walked to the other museum which luckily closed at 6:00pm. I showed my MiraCosta College ID and got a nice discount, the entrance was only one euro! Gregory and the kids went to a cafe called Dada, but on the way they found a hotel with a Roman amphitheatre in the basement! They went in to look at it. You can even play in the sand like a real gladiator -- yay, I guess? It's now used as part of the bar. What better use can you think of?
We really like the fact that all the Roman ruins here are fully accessible -- not like Paris or Rome where they are all roped off to keep people away. Here, like in Croatia, you are encouraged to wander around them.
Cultural note: Mostly for us to remember when we look back at this book.
Language: Bulgarian
Alphabet: Cyrillic
Currency: Lev
One dollar = 1.2 Leva
Traditional dish: Banitza pastry stuffed usually stuffed with cheese. Shopska salad (tomatoes with cucumber and cheese)
We were supposed to leave this beautiful city today but we liked it so much that we decided to stay another two nights. Ok, we also like the prices. The food is cheap and delicious. Gregory seems more relaxed and we can go out to nice restaurants and not worry about spending $100 on a meal. We are also staying in a nice apartment for $46 a night with two complete bathrooms!
Anyway, we spent the morning doing homework, Sunshine on her own and Daniel teaching me the Cyrillic alphabet. He is a great teacher, more patient than I am. Around 2:00, we went out for lunch. I was going to settle for a doner kebab in a small stand but then we found this cool restaurant called Happy Bar and Grill. We were all happy to see that they had sushi!!! We had a large, delicious meal.
After that, I was determined to go visit the Sofia History Museum. It took us a while to get there because they are fixing many of the downtown streets and so there are lots of detours. Oh, also the streets are not on a grid here!
We stopped at the Archeological Museum but they were closing in less than an hour so we walked to the other museum which luckily closed at 6:00pm. I showed my MiraCosta College ID and got a nice discount, the entrance was only one euro! Gregory and the kids went to a cafe called Dada, but on the way they found a hotel with a Roman amphitheatre in the basement! They went in to look at it. You can even play in the sand like a real gladiator -- yay, I guess? It's now used as part of the bar. What better use can you think of?
We really like the fact that all the Roman ruins here are fully accessible -- not like Paris or Rome where they are all roped off to keep people away. Here, like in Croatia, you are encouraged to wander around them.
Cultural note: Mostly for us to remember when we look back at this book.
Language: Bulgarian
Alphabet: Cyrillic
Currency: Lev
One dollar = 1.2 Leva
Traditional dish: Banitza pastry stuffed usually stuffed with cheese. Shopska salad (tomatoes with cucumber and cheese)
 |
| Archeological Museum of Sofia |
 |
| Roman Ruins outside the Archeological Museum, I guess we don't even have to pay to see! |
 |
| I guess for the kids are just stones. But for me, it's amazing to find the writing and the ornamental details on the stone. |
 |
| The queen |
 |
| Sofia History Museum is located in what used to be the municipal bath house built in the early 1900s. The museum has significant cultural valuables that are connected to its 6000-year old history. The rooms are arranged chronologically and it covers from the Neolithic Age up to 1940. |
 |
| Wedding Coach brought from Versailles by Knyaz Ferdinand. |
 |
| Fancy silver ornaments. No pictures they told me unless I paid for it! |
 |
| Engagement chair and wedding dress from the 1900s. I loved to see how people use to dress. There was an entire glass display case with women's hats and shoes. [Gregory's note: that's why we didn't go] |
Comments
Post a Comment