I got a request from one of my readers via <a title="Twitter: Carolyn Emigh" href="https://twitter.com/#!/CarolynEmigh" target="_blank">twitter</a> a couple of days ago. She wanted to know what to do in Sofia for a day in June before grabbing a flight to Varna at 11pm with a friend.

Good question.

Ultimately, I guess it depends on what you are into. In a new city, I generally like to mix up my routine a little bit usually this includes a museum or something culture, a stroll around town, a coffee and people watching, snacking on some local food, seeking out some young and hip shops and then topping it off with beer or a cocktail on a pedestrian zone watching the transition between late afternoon before hitting up a new-to-me restaurant.

These days I feel no pressure to hit up every museum or to seek out every famous building/monument/statue/neighborhood. I'd rather have a good taste of the city rather than the alternative which is to rush, rush, rush in order to check tourist sites off of some arbitrary list made up by a guidebook.

So if I were in Sofia for a day, I think about checking out one of these museums/galleries.

Or I might consider a walking tour with Free Sofia Tour.

I'd have a coffee in one of these two parks.

I'd visit these two shops.

I'd pick between one of these quick and cheep restaurants for lunch or dinner.

I'd have a drink on Vitosha at Memento.

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