@ayreonautiqus - dude, I believe you are talking about Carolyn's mother tongue and not about her mom's underwear [greets and sorry to involve you, MoM, I know you are reading :)]. Try to look the term 'thong' in Google images :) It's just a funny typo :)

@Carolyn - thanks for letting us the possibility to see our city through the eyes of a foreigner. Probably by the end of your stay you would present an exhaustive list so we can work on changing the negative things. Regretfully, most of these are not likely to change, it's just the mind that we have in these geographical latitudes...

PS. Is there a limit on the characters? Hopefully nope :)

I've been reading your blog since November last year and I remember being referred to it after a Google search on the event of the opening of Starbucks in Sofia. I do check your blog on a daily basis - it's a must-do like checking my e-mail :) I can also remember reading somewhere that the picture in the header of your blog is what you see of your ... window. This said, I figured out that I work in your neighborhood cause this is a roof I see every day on my way to work :)

Then comes this posting of yours in which you somehow try to compare Berlin and Sofia. It felt so good to read that you like Sofia better - [quote] This is, for better or worse, my city. [end quote :) ]

Not the end of my comment, though. I was headed for a restaurant in your/my neighborhood for lunch and I was planning my comment I wanted to write that same day on your Berlin Part II posting. As I was trudging my way through the cars parked on the sidewalks (here's another thing you may find difficult to understand...) you popped out of a store right in front of me :) I have always thought that I would just stop you and talk to you for a while if I happen to meet you in the street and this just seemed the perfect timing. However, I did nothing but let the moment go, I believe that I just got quite confused to actually see you as I have always imagined.... I was also afraid that you could be shocked if a stranger stopped you and addressed you directly by name :) LOL! Ain't it super strange? :)

Anyway, you should not wonder how you ended up with 1000 viewers of your blog, it's just the fact that what you write is pretty interesting both to US and BG audience. You keep doing the great job!

Oh, and last but not least - I always get to learn a new word or expression in English thanks to you! :) Yay! Благодаря!