Today was a day of work, from around 8:30 to 5:30, so it was less picture-rich
than usual (although I did take quite a few in the evening also). These four
were taken during the working day.
I walked from my hotel to the conference venue, around 1.5 km and a pleasant
walk in the morning. But first I stopped to light a candle for my mother in the
Orthodox church next to my hotel. As is apparent from the scarcity of
chairs/pews, during Orthodox services the congregation stands:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jSdGM24/A
I then spent all day in a conference room at the National Palace of Culture.
Afterwards, I photographed this scene on the square outside. Boys will be boys:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FM75VwB/A
It was close to 30C and humid, and I was wearing a suit, so rather than walking
back to the hotel, I took the metro, just one stop. When I got off at Serdika,
the main station in the Sofia metro system (because the two metro lines built
so far cross here), I photographed the afternoon crowd. And then a girl on the
edge of frame turned to me and smiled. She is out of focus, and the picture is
technically deficient, but I still like it:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-nPrNhWz/A
And then a picture that made me sad and maybe less sad at the same time. When I
was in Sofia in February, I noticed a poor homeless dog outside the Serdika
metro station, looking around. It was cold and I felt so sorry for the poor
creature, but what could I do? The next day I noticed that the dog was sleeping
inside the station, in a quiet corner next to a pharmacy, and there was a bowl
of water—so clearly someone there was looking after it. And today, I saw the
same dog sleeping in exactly the same spot:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Thn5PcZ/A
I wish I could take him with me to Alicante when I go home tomorrow very early
in the morning…but of course I can’t. At least there are some good people at
this metro station, evidently.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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