Sofia Day 2 & 3

Sofia Day 2

We had decided to go to the National Museum which was out of town at a place called Boyana. The Lonely Planet gave clear instructions on what buses and trams to catch. It could not understand why it had moved out there but it was going to be an adventure.
Our first challenge was to buy the ticket for the trip. We found a lovely ticket selling lady, who told us not to catch the tram but to get the bus to the interchange. We could not understand this as the book had clearly stated that it was the No. 9 TRAM.....She stopped the bus for us and it started to go the wrong way.....not to worry it was a round trip and we ended up waving to her on our way past. We got to the interchange and successfully got on Bus 64. It was a terrifying trip. We had no idea where to get off the bus and no where was there a sign to the Museum. There was a sign to the Church and the book had said the museum was 1 km passed the Church. So we stayd on the bus and did a loop around Boyana. On the return trip we found the Sign and got off. we then walk for 30 – 40 minutes to the Museum. It was well worth the walk. It was a very impresssive, well thought out museum. It clearly showed the history of Bulgaria and it helped us to better understand the people.
On the return trip we understood why the woman had told us to catch the No 9 bus. We decided to catch the tram...at some time durring the trip it changed from a No 9 to a No 10 and took a different route through the city. It did go through a great looking park but it was hard to know where to get off. We walked the beautiful Vitosha St and slowly made our way home.

Day 3 Sofia.

Today we went to the Bus Station to get our ticket for Skopje. We wanted to make sure we knew where the bus left from. We got our bearings and headed to the city. Looked around a bit more. The GUM store and the Mosque and Baths.
We then headed to the major Shopping Mall and had a coffee and a look around. It was then back to the NVK building and park. We had a beer and relax and enjoyed the ambience in the park.