Saturday, 30-August-2025
<How’d I post this without text or pictures? Who knows… but thank you for bearing with!>
Every year, there’s an event on the rivers in Sofia called, aptly, “The Rivers of Sofia”. It’s one of the many events that Andrea remembers fondly from her days in Bulgaria, having joined in as an attendee, so I’d heard quite a bit about it on our drive over.
In short, the idea was that it helped clean up the canals around Sofia. They’d gotten a bit messy over the decades, and this event worked by holding the event at different parts of the rivers every year. Cleaning them up in preparation, and then leaving them better than they’d found them.
Simple, efficient, and absolutely well put together! We walked, we talked, Andrea got recognized by tons of people… it was lovely. And as the evening fell, the whole event lit up magically – the river brightening, bands playing… it really was a magical summers evening.
