I HAD THREE PHOTOS LEFT FROM SOFIA. LET'S POST THEM. THEY SHOW THREE THINGS I REALLY ENJOY OVERTHERE: THE EVENING LIGHT IN MY FLAT, THE SECOND-HAND MATERIALS THAT I BUY IN SOME SHOPS BY THE KILO, AND THE HANDMADE THINGS I BUY TO OLD WOMEN IN MY STREET (AN OLD BAZAR WHERE NON-PROFESSIONALS COME IN THE EVENING AND SELL THEIR OWN PRODUCTION). I HAVE NO USE OF THESE BOOTEES AT ALL, BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BUY THEM. THEY LOOKED SO CUTE ON THE RUSTY EMPTY STALL, AND THE GRANDMOTHER WHO MADE THEM WAS SO GRACEFUL AND TOUCHING! THIS IS ALSO HOW MY FRIEND BOUGHT A FUNNY GREEN PAIR OF SLEEPERS THAT SHE WILL PROBABLY NEVER WEAR... LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET A PICTURE...

PHOTOS BY CLARISSE DEMORY.

My nest in Sofia, at the top of a crowdy street market called "jenski bazar". Mai-Linh, interior design photographer (Marie-claire Maison, AD), took this photo that reveals her personnality: unaffected, beautiful. Photo by Mai-Linh.

On a train in Bulgaria, looking at the landscape, when suddendly a worker appeared. I never took a photo that fast in my life before, and I think I never will again! Photo by Clarisse Demory.

Counter top in Sofia flat as seen by a friend, an art teacher with still life in her blood! Photos by Maya Lipman.

Wild streets of Sofia, by Clarisse Demory.

More Bulgarian streets: chameleon pigeon (rare), artistic cigarette butt (prodigious). Photo by Clarisse Demory.

Traditional bulgarian canteen, Sofia, by Clarisse Demory.

Mirkovo in spring, east Sofia. Pictures by Clarisse Demory.

Sofian tramway. Photos by Clarisse Demory.

Maria's place in Mirkovo, a village 2 hours east Sofia.

Maria is an 82 years old workaholic woman. She still makes her own soap, cheese, jam and pickles and may find a bit of time to initiate you to the art of goat milking in between her church bell sounding duties. Photos by Lucile Demory.

Bulgarian flora, by Clarisse Demory. When she's not busy doing up her new flat, she goes around Sofia and brings us back those great shots. A good taste of what the town looks like.

Arrived in Sofia for my yearly trip. More pictures should definitely be coming during the summer. Photos by Clarisse Demory.