{"id":20275,"date":"2020-01-28T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tstories.gr\/?p=20275\/"},"modified":"2020-02-02T17:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T14:38:23","slug":"time-visit-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tstories.gr\/en\/time-visit-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to visit Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m the type of traveller who leaves behind every preconceived idea of a place I may have before visiting it but, I must admit, I was prejudiced towards Sofia since I had that unfounded belief that it was an unsafe city, one of those capitals without an identity of her own that featured a combination of characteristics from other significant European countries such as Italy\/Germany\/England etc.<\/p>\n

But Sofia proved me wrong. And I’m extremely happy it did.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As soon as we arrived at the airport, we were pleasantly surprised by two things. By “we” I mean, me, my mother and my brother, as we took this trip together. We had over 3 years to take a family trip together.<\/p>\n

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When exiting the airport, I noticed this girl staring at me. A few seconds later she comes towards me and asks: “Are you Maria Kofou?”. I was totally surprised since we did not know each other. “I’ve been following you on Instagram” she explains “but since you were in Malta a couple of days ago, I wasn’t certain it was really you \u2013 I am reading your blog!”. I thanked her, wished her a happy new year and headed back to my family proud as a peacock; they were already smilng back at me, looking even prouder. As for the second surprise? The snow that started falling in Sofia, creating a magical scenery all around us.<\/p>\n

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After an approximately 35-minute train ride, we reached our destination- the Serdika station in downtown Sofia. Blame it on the snow but from the minute I set foot in the streets of Sofia, I felt the city had an irresistible vibe. The 3-minute walk to the hotel, turned to a 10-minute one with the snow making it difficult to carry our suitcases.<\/p>\n

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When we finally made it to the hotel, we had but a few minutes to enjoy the view from the 5th floor before heading to the city’s most popular walkways, bul. Vitosha. The road leads to the square of Sveta Nedelya<\/strong> church while on its very end you can find the National Palace of Culture<\/strong>. We were lucky enough to enjoy a snow-covered park and despite the freezing cold (it was \u20134 degrees at the time), we played for several minutes with the snow!<\/p>\n\n\t\t