And so we began our final journey. After flying back to Istanbul from Sydney, we collected our car in Thessaloniki, Greece. From there, we had only 2,500km left of our trip before selling the car in Amsterdam and moving to the UK.
The first stop on this final leg is Sofia, capital of Bulgaria. This brings our final country count to 46.
We didn't stay for long, partly because there wasn't much to see, and partly because we came very much at the wrong time of year.
The city has some very unique and famous churches. In the middle of a busy road and metro intersection is the 14th century Sveta Petka Samardijska Church.
The 4th century Roman Rotunda of St. George, surrounded by the President's Building.
The gigantic Aleksander Nevski Memorial Church.
There are a few monuments which can euphemistically be described as interesting. The Monument to the Bulgarian State was built in 1981 to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the first Bulgarian Empire.
There is also the towering statue of Saint Sofia. All we can gather is that she must have really liked gold.
She is, of course, not to be confused with anyone else who loves gold.
Perhaps it is only fitting then, that the streets of her city, are indeed paved with gold.
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