Spend a full day wandering around Sofia, visiting all the main sites, most are within walking distance to each other. As most are religious sites built 500 to 1000 years ago, it is easy to see at that time, Bulgaria was the crossroads between Asia and Europe, inhabited by diverse groups of various races of people and there was a good tolerance to different religions.
Sofia synagogue
Banya Bashi Mosqu
Cathedral st Alexander Nevsky
Basilica st Sofia - The humble raw brick look of the Basilica is beautiful, and the Roman ruin underneath is worth a detour.
Church st Nicholas de miracles maker -small but ornate church, rich with details
The most interesting and actually very well organised visit is The Red Flat - using audio and a suitably furnished flat, it tells the story of how Bulgarian lived during the communist era.
Sofia street scenes
Dinner at Izbata Tavern, the stew meat with fermented cabbage is delicious, cold yogurt cucumber soup is work a try.
花了一整天遊走首都Sofia
名勝景點，在第二次世界大戰被轟炸得嚴重，維修復元的以宗教建築物為主，走在最有名的 Vitosha
大道上，華麗上世紀建築物不多。九十年代獨立後，經濟亦不理想，所以亦未見新一代奪目設計。花園多、路旁樹木多、汽車不多、路闊空間感好，是優點。
步行範圍內，就有清真寺、猶太教堂、東正教大教堂、東正教小教堂和前身是羅馬天主教堂多個建築物。
這幾天參觀了不少教堂，宗教淵源相同，看了多回終於看到建築上的相同與不同處。最簡單看，清真寺、猶太教堂和東正教堂都是四方形的大堂，上有巨大圓拱頂，而天主教堂是十字形設計，拱頂在前方。
清真寺和東正教堂都只是個大空間，沒有坐椅，前者坐下因而有地氈，後者站立。猶太教堂和天主教堂都有排排坐位，但猶太教堂定有二樓坐位，供女士用。
參觀一眾教堂，欣賞設計外，亦明白到當年，各宗教曾經一度，在左右附近平和共處。
最特別的參觀項目，是由年輕人策畫的 The Red Flat ，租了一個民居，擺設在共產政權時期的傢俬電器用品衣物等，參觀者一面看、觸摸，同時聆聽一個家庭如何生活的故事，用意是令人不要忘記歷史。一個多小時，解釋清楚仔細而生動，好難得。
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