Wednesday 25 May 2011

COAST - Biarritz, Aquitaine, France

Biarritz - reine des plages et plage des rois (the Queen of Beaches and the Beach of Kings); Heaven for surfers!



Phare - The Lighthouse


La Frégate


View from the Lighthouse


 The Old Whaling Port


Villa Belza



Rocher de la Vierge - The Rock of the Virgin Mary


 The Old Whaling Port

Monday 2 May 2011

Eastertime in Sofia


                                                                      Golden Domes 






The Hagia Sophia Church and the The eternal flame at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier
This church gave its name to the city, which was known under various other names throughout the centuries; Hagia Sophia means Holy wisdom in Greek
 
St. Sophia, the patron saint of the city,
  the goddess of wisdom
(interestingly, Athens is the goddess of wisdom
 in the Greek mythology)







St. George, the red brick rotunda built by the Romans, the oldest building in the city
(built as a pagan temple, reconstructed as a baptistery by Justinian the Great in 6th century AD, converted into a mosque during the Ottoman period, it finally was reinstated as a church)

Tram N5

The Knight Templar in Lozenets