Central Post Office Sofia
AC units always accentuate the buildings.
古きも新しきも室外機がアクセントな街。
- Follow The Yellow Brick Road -
(But they are rather gold, aren’t they? Especially imagine them in the rain.)
„Скулптура” на Дона Стоянова
exhibition “Sculpture” Donna Stoyanova @ The Art Foundation
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In short, Sofia is a very affordable Berlin (The price there is nearly half of that in Berlin). A city to live in, rather than to make a short visit: safe, “procrastinations”, full of graffiti, remaining tastes of communism, trams, vegan cafes, amazingly kind people despite low rate of English speakers.
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They Bulgarians describe themselves as always being late and always procrastinating, from which I got a bit extreme idea: The nature of procrastination might be linked to the nature of tolerance? Procrastinators are those who are tolerant of both themselves and others, and those who are able to accept the current situation?? They have procrastinated to make a brutal decision and saved lots of lives in their long history. And now, there is an unique square in central Sofia, with four close neighbors of different religion. An Islamic mosque is just one block away from a Jewish synagogue. Then a catholic church and an orthodox church. You’re hearing Azaan from every other church. Well then, procrastination is not so much a bad thing…?
長く複雑ながら温かい歴史を持った街、ソフィア（sofia=wisdom）。国民性は遅刻と先延ばし、なんて言うけれど、それこそが街の「寛容性」とつながっている気配がした。