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It's still pretty chilly but the baby home is warm
... twonewly arrived very young babies that had just been left at the hospital by their mums. The centre will do all the administration that leads to the state being declared as wards of the children before they can be put up for adoption. This process can take six months. Hopefully they will find happy families, just as Pavel has.
We then delivered some boxes to the tiny ...
Prijetna Sofija
... glede na to, da mož sporoča, da so doma v hladilniku samo jogurti, je kar prav, da sem se najedla za nekaj dni vnaprej:) Vsi projektni partnerji smo se prav lepo ujeli in sestanki z njimi so bili vedno zabavni - no, bolj večerje, kot sestanki.
Na včerajšnji večerji smo se vsi čudili, koliko šnopca so stankali Bolgari:) Nalivali so si ga v vinske kozarce in vsak ga ...
Breakfast in Sofia, Dinner in Istanbul
... Carpet sellers are relentless, antique dealers are quiet and suspicious of you, jewelry sellers are sleezy, and money changers all look like scoundrels. The unexperienced mass of toursists jam into the first 10 stalls on either side of the gates into the Grand Bazaar and pay double the price for the same item as they could on the 2nd steet in. The exchange rate also gets better the further in you get, almost 10 cents per dollar better. In the end, we're ...
Travel Day: Houston to Sofia
... to mention all the 40 year old buses and seriously delapidated high rise housing buildings...all of which are very drab and carry that socialist feel.
Seems like many people walk or ride the bus where they need to go. Half their buses are converted to electric and run on a trolley type system like a light rail train, the other half burn diesel like no tomorrow.
Went to the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which was absolutely amazing. ...
Something to shout about
Saturday morning saw our first direct Christmas box distribution proper with Valya, Beccy and Rich visiting Skravena Roma community. These few desperately run down 'houses' are home to 40 or 50 people who live a lifestyle far removed from pretty much anyone you'll meet in the UK. Even though temperatures were below freezing we could see children running around in bare feet, many without coats, some with only the bare minimum of clothing on at all. ...