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Saturday, May 06, 2006

St. George's Day in Sofia

i'm not a fan of things military, be they soldiers, arms, or equipment... i'm honestly not sure what i stumbled onto in the center of sofia this morning but it appeared to be some kind of an armed forces day salute... i can't quite square that with the fact that this is also a minor holiday in bulgaria, st. george's day, celebrated by many as their "name day," since many bulgarians are named georgi or gergana...

anyway, i took it as an opportunity to hang out with the locals, thousands of whom had gathered to see the display, listen to their government officials speak, watch the troops marching, see the jets and choppers fly over, and watch the equipment roll by...




and, to insure none of the bigshot government officials "accidentally" got bumped off...



subject matter notwithstanding, we all enjoyed the spectacle...



you might notice a lot of people wearing jackets and looking faintly bundled up... it's been unseasonably cool here, down to around 6C/41F in the morning and not much above 15C by mid-afternoon...

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