Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.7

 

The last frame of the end of the parade - people are relaxed and heading home after a nice evening stroll.

Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.6

As you can see the police have surrounded a group of young men, who were violent with their words. The marchers were civil and all was handled really well. But I guess this always happens.

Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.5

The overall mood was very happy and festive, nothing vulgar or very extraordinary. Peaceful march, as advertised :)

Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.4

Of course, the security was heavy, but luckily there were no incidents, except one, which you will see on Saturday's post.

Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.3

How many people can say this about their moms?

Awesome!!! 

Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.2

 

As a visitor to Sofia, this march gave a nice overview of the downtown core. 

Pride in Sofia - celebrating Pride Month vol.1

Four years ago this time I was in Sofia, Bulgaria and it just happened that Sofia Pride took place. Wow, what a great surprise, as I was able to take photos there. Here are some of the best shots from that reportage.

Sofia Pride Parade is a peaceful march of LGBT people and their relatives and friends, which combines social and political protest with entertainment such as live concerts. It takes place every year in the month of June in Bulgaria's capital Sofia since 2008. 

Hello, Berlin! vol. 7

This little cube was a safe, warm and temporary, but still quite permanent place for 5 months. Perhaps one of the best things happening to me while in Berlin, but definitely the best thing happening there in December! Merry Christmas!

 

Hello, Berlin! vol. 6

 

Hello, Berlin! vol. 5

You can still see quite many abandoned or semi-abandoned buildings in Berlin. It used to be one of the favourite cities for squatters.  

Hello, Berlin! vol. 4

Here is a close-up of the famous rainbow building.

Here you can read sweet words on this landmark.

Hello, Berlin! vol. 3

There isn't much info about these two buildings in Licthenberg, though some online guides call this one of the 10 must's while in Berlin. This kind of happened without me trying really hard. I mean it is nice and all, but is it worth of being one of the most important landmarks in, Berlin? Hardly. This city has way more to offer.

 

Hello, Berlin! vol. 2

So on this fine day, our host took us out to Lichtenberg to a huge Vietnamese market. Well, since it was my first car ride in Berlin and I haven't really had any pleasure of seeing the city, I took out my camera and captured just some quick shots of the East Berlin. 

Hello, Berlin! vol. 1

 

In December 2017 I landed in Berlin, Germany. One of the most unlikely places for me, where I would love to land. But life has its funny ways, right? Anyway this week's photos are from the times after changing four hosts and landing finally at a wonderful 5th host, and finally being able to see around a bit. I could just leave these photos to forward my impression of Berlin, as this is exactly how the city aligned with me. Not much. But when you don't like something or even hate, life has its ways of showing you also love. So this is written between the lines. All was not bad, but still..pretty much it was.

This didn't happen in 2020 vol. 1