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Sunday, 11 August 2013

#Pinitdoit - Anniversary Photos

This is the first in a #pinitdoit series on this blog (does anyone know anywhere to link this into?). I have a bit of a Pnterest addiction (I can be found here) and thought this might encourage me to actually do something with them! And to blog about them when i do!

As mentioned here and here..... our first wedding anniversary was spent in Sofia. I loved this idea of taking a picture of yourself with a sign every wedding anniversary:

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So here are a few that we took! We didn't have a pretty little blackboard or a good photographer, but i was happy to improvise with a crumpled piece of paper and some imagination :) We tried to be selective, and only take photos by what we deemed 'most impressive'...

By the Sveti Georgi (built in the 4th centrury, it is the oldest building in Sofia) and Roman ruins, taken by a happily obliging tourist

By the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, taken as a selfie

At the ampitheatre of Serdica, taken on self-timer

I love this idea, REALLY hope I remember next year!

Fran xx

Friday, 9 August 2013

Bulgarian Travels #3 - Sofia

This is the third and final installment in the Bulgarian Travels series (for now!). The previous posts can be found here and here.

So, at the end of our trip, the husband and I booked a little apartment for a few days in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital. The reason was two-fold: we wanted to have a little holiday and some relaxing time just the two of us, and it also coincided with our 1 year anniversary! Perfect timing :)
We are definite city sight-seers, and love cramming things in, but i hurt my foot a few days previously. This meant we had to take it a bit slower, but that was probably a good thing!
We are definite city sight-seers, and love cramming things in, but i hurt my foot a few days previously. This meant we had to take it a bit slower, but that was probably a good thing!

Inside our little apartment

Our apartment block

Sveti Georgi - the oldest building in Sofia, built in the 4th Century

Ivan Vazov National Theatre

Russian Church

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - easily the most iconic building in Sofia

Amphitheatre - discovered when they were building a hotel... so they just built the hotel on top! It is a little hidden gem, and the hotels lets tourists wander round the remains for free!

Have you read about the ongoing protests in Sofia? This was on Day 30, when it was noisy, but violence-free!

Our anniversary meal - we chose Italian :)

European Parliament

Mount Vitosha, overshadowing Vitosha Boulevard

Mineral Baths

The fascinating Archeological Museum is located in an old Synagogue

Hope you've enjoyed reading about Bulgaria! It's such a beautiful country; well worth a visit!

Fran xx

Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Bulgarian Travels #2 - Plovdiv

The Bulgarian Travel posts are to share just a few snap shots of my time in Bulgaria over July. You can find the first post all about Ascenovgrad here.

Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city, is a 30 minute train ride from Ascenovgrad, so we visited a few times.

Amphitheatre

Ethnographic Museum in Plovdiv's Old Town

The Ancient Theatre

Modelling our FREE Nestea (iced tea). We were excited!

On our day off, we went Go Karting!

Believe it or not, this Ferrari is made out of Lego!

My first Bulgarian Doner experience. it was GOOD!

One of the rides at the Aqualand water park that we visited. Not

sure this would pass saftey regs in the UK...

Come back next time for photos round Sofia!

Fran xx

Monday, 5 August 2013

Bulgarian Travels #1 - Ascenovgrad

Hello! So, as mentioned previously, I spent the first 2.5 weeks of July in Bulgaria, and i thought it might be nice to share a few photos of the (literally) hundreds that I took!

This post is all about Ascenovgrad (where we were based for the two weeks whilst working with a church and teaching English) and the surrounding area.