Kwa nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndidalowa mu Sofia mu 2009 popanda "maphunziro a chiphunzitso" komanso mabuku osokoneza bongo. Ndinayang'ana kale malo. Sanakhale masiku ochepa pabanja m'chipinda chimodzi cha mzindawo. Poyamba, malo okhala ku likulu ndi ovuta kusiyanitsa ndi mizinda yathu: nyumba zonyansa kwambiri, misewu yoyipa, ngakhale anthu alipo mwanjira inayake m'malo mwathu! Musanafike nthawi yomwe sindinafike pakatikati pa sofia, sindingathe kuchotsa malingaliro okwiyitsa a Deja. Pakatikati pa kachisi wa Alexander Nevsky, ndinafika ku taxi (pafupifupi $ 2). Zimayamba chinthu chosangalatsa kwambiri apa: mu mphindi 20 ndinachokera ku mzinda wa Soviet kupita ku mzinda wolemera komanso wopulumutsa ku Europe. Alexander Nevsky Temple - gulu lalikulu lalikulu lokhala ndi madontho akulu obiriwira omwe ali pachimake chapakati. Mkati mwa Kachisi, malo osadziwika: Maholo owoneka ndi mizamu, opangidwa ndi mithunzi yodzichepetsa. Ndinafika ku tchalitchi ndikusangalala ndi kuyimba kwamatsenga kwa kwayala. Kuchokera pakachisi mbali zonse, misewu imasoweka, malinga ndi momwe mungayendere chidwi chonse: mpingo wa St. Nicolas Pamalo angapo, University University of Woyera. Ndinali ndi mwayi, ndinalowa m'chipinda chachikulu cha kuyunivesite ya matepi ku yunivesite, mawindo ambiri, mizati, chandeliers achifumu ndi zitsanzo. Mlengalenga kwambiri wogwira ntchito pakati pa sofia, wokhala ndi cafe onunkhira khofi ndi makeke atsopano. Mtengo wa mchere ndi khofi sanapitirire $ 3. Tsiku lotsatira, ndinapita ku Natletini ku National Opera ndi Ballet Theatre, komwe kumapezeka mkatikati, pa Dudova Boulevard. Ovina okongola, kuyatsa kokongola ndi malo, ndipo nyimbo za orchestra zimamveka kwa nthawi yayitali m'makutu. Ndinkakonda kwambiri Sofia, okhalamo ndi ochereza komanso okonzeka kuthandiza pa chilichonse. Chingerezi amadziwa kuti magawo omwe sindinakumanepo nawo, koma Bulgaria ndi wofanana ndi Russian, aliyense amandimvetsa. Ulendo wopita ku Sofia ndi njira yabwino ya sabata lambiri!
