There's a carnival being set up in Mladost.  But I've never seen anything quite like it before. It's in an empty muddy lot--which is now getting muddier and muddier and has about five different rides.  Rides that outwardly look like carnival rides but upon closer inspection don't seem so safe.

[caption id="attachment_1299" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Mladost &amp; the Ferris Wheel"]<img class="size-full wp-image-1299" title="Ferris Wheel " src="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dsc01169.jpg" alt="Mladost &amp; the Ferris Wheel" width="500" height="375" />[/caption]

I will not for example be riding on the ferris wheel. Ever.

The whole thing is kind of startling.  Every other day it's an unused grass field and the addition of the carnival adds a strange sense of muddy-joy to the neighborhood.  There aren't very many kids out playing at or enjoying the rides right now but it is a Wednesday.