Aiya Sofia !

In the capital city of Sofia now (got to love that name)and trying to make some plans about going to Greece. Miss the night bus today as it took longer to visit the Rila Monastary than I thought. Planning to catch the night train to Athens tomorrow. As for Sofia, it's a compact, easy city to walk around and all the main sights on one street. I had gotten a tip from some Japanese to sign up at the local big Casino for some free food and drinks and decided to give it a go. Sure enough I went down with some Koreans and we registered our names and got free food and drinks. Unfortunately, we missed dinner but got some cheese toasts instead.

It's also pretty cheap here compared to the other European countries as I have been spending about $35.00 Canadian for eating out, lodging in hostels or cheap private rooms and travel. I haven't used the Euros yet but expecting Greece to be much more so I suspect I'll start to lose a little weight.

It's good to see the sun and wear shorts again. Too bad about Edmonton losing the Stanley Cup though. Got to bring the cup home to Canada.