Sofia, Bulgaria

The former royal palace at Battenberg Square, now the National Art Gallery.

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox churches in the world.

The view from a friend's apartment, where we stayed for a couple of days.

Sofia University - the university rector's office.

The Neoclassical old Royal Printing Office (1884) is today the National Gallery for Foreign Art.

The Largo, the former headquarters of the Bulgarian Communist Party, now used by the
National Assembly of Bulgaria. It is regarded as one of the prime examples of Socialist
Classicism architecture in Southeastern Europe.

St. Sofia statue.

The Church of St Nicholas, more commonly known as the Russian Church.