Last week in January, I was struck by the fact that this is my fifth year in Sofia. Five. Ha. And I thought it would only last a year. <em>Silly me</em>.

I was walking to school and trying to figure out how many times I'd done this walk. Had I done this walk more than any other walk in my life? I decided that in fact I'd probably walked from my house in Washington DC at 14th and U to Dupont Circle more than I've made the trip from Mladost 1A to the American College of Sofia.

Sure I've spent four years in both places after living for one year in different homes but the same cities. Remember when I used to live on a cute little street Strumitsa in downtown Sofia?! Miss you, Strumitsa.

Anyhow, DC wins if only because I had many fewer vacations and had to go to work year round when I was at Georgetown and I got about two weeks of vacation for the year. Here in Sofia, I've got lots of long weekends, Christmas break, Spring break and a two-month long Summer vacation!! Needless to say, with all of these holidays I've clearly made the DC commute more times.

Still all of this got me thinking about all of the things I've outlived (or maybe it's better to say lived through) in Sofia. So here they are in no particular order:
<ol>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/08/29/what-what-a-bike-path-in-mladost/" target="_blank">The Mladsot Bike path</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2008/12/13/starbucks-opened-in-sofia-bulgaria/" target="_blank">Starbucks</a></li>
	<li>A Billa opening in downtown Sofia</li>
	<li>Subway (the sandwich shop--not to be confused with #4 the actual metro)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2012/09/01/sofias-second-metro-line/" target="_blank">The second line of the Metro</a></li>
	<li>H&amp;M</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2009/12/14/memento-beans-grapes/" target="_blank">Memento Coffee Shop</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/10/08/cupcakes-in-sofia/" target="_blank">Take a Cake</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2012/02/26/in-10-carrefour/" target="_blank">Carrefour</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/09/11/notes-from-sofia-ikea-opening-in-september/" target="_blank">Ikea</a></li>
</ol>
Then I got on a 76 bus to get to school and I realized that this bus clearly has me beat. It's been around <em>forever</em>.

That's okay because I <em>actually</em> outlived the bus stop on Malinov at the corner near McDonalds. A couple of months ago, I think someone hit the bus stop with their car. The metal frame held on for a couple of days before it's mangled frame was removed. Now we all we've got is the posted sign for the bus stop and the memories.

I am sure that I've left something awesome off the list so just add in the comments sections bel