Sofia Day 2

The hotel we are staying at in Sofia, Art ‘Otel, is great. They have a very nice happy hour in the lounge from 6 to 8. They have delivered desert to our room every night, and our room is spacious and comfortable. At breakfast his morning the man supervising breakfast told us all about the history of Bulgaria.

Our drinks on the terrace tonight.

Today we explored a bit of Sofia. we stopped at the Archaeological Museum. One of the exhibits explained that at the Karanova Tell the digging has gone down over 40 feet with successive settlements over 4 millennia.

Karanova Tell
The digging at Karanova Tell
One of the other displays

We also walked by the Presidential Palace and went into the Cathedral of Saint Nedelya.

Guards in front of the presidential palace
Cathedral of Saint Nedelya

Kyustendil to Sofia, Bulgaria

We spent last night at a very nice hotel, Hotel Ring, in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. For breakfast this morning we went out to find coffee and pastry. It was a beautiful morning and many stalls were setting up for the continuation of the Spring festival that we visited yesterday.

Breakfast

About eleven we checked out and walked to the bus station where we caught a bus to Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia. In Sofia we took a taxi to our hotel.

Getting on the bus

Both of us are fighting colds. It is very frustrating! We napped and rested most of the afternoon. We did make a trip to the grocery store for water and snacks.

Checking out with our groceries
On our way back from the grocery store
Our hotel
Snacks in our room

Skopje, Macedonia to Kyustendil, Bulgaria

Today we caught an 8:30 am bus out of Notth Macedonia into Bulgaria. Bulgaria is a new country for each of us

The border crossing

In Kyustendil we walked to our hotel. There is a spring festival going on so after a bit of a rest we went out to check it all out.

Spring fair
Roast pig
Have your picture taken with a really big snake!

There was lots of great looking food. We chose some and had dinner.

Food cooking
Dinner