Driving across the country

Jill: We're spending the day driving from Sofia to Varna on the Black Sea. Rather, Neno our driver is doing the driving and we are entertaining ourselves with talk, games, singing and more singing.  I can't update you on last night's party because I crashed at 4 pm. 

We spent the day in downtown Sofia. Taking the year-old Metro was fun. Seattle could benefit from how quickly the Bulgarians worked out new public transportation. 

Ivan led us on a tour of St. Alexander Nevsky monumental cathedral. We shopped at a nearby open air market and bought treasures for friends and family (and ourselves).  After a quick lunch some of us continued on to the Sofia Synagogue, a building which combines Ashkenazi and Sefardi architectural styles. 

The cathedral

Inside the synagogue 

As I said, I crashed after all this walking but did sleep through the night. 

We should arrive in Varna within the hour. More later!

Jill, Hila, Meredith and baby E at the synagogue. Our little shtetl within Dunava!