10-3 (Mon) Sophia

Yesterday we walked the city. We went in a museum (it used to be a bath house) and saw a mosic art collection on loan from Italy. Then we went to the Banya Bashi Mosque to have a look. We took off our shoes and had to put on green hooded robes so we could enter. When I saw Barbara in hers it was all I could do to keep from laughing. There were two guys in there praying and one in another room snoring so loud we could hear him as soon as we walked in.

We walked down to the Sheridan to use their facilities. On our way we stopped in a real nice five story mall but it was dead as a doornail. It appeared that nothing was open on the 4th and 5ht floors. A lot of the stuff in the stores is really cheap but then there are also high end designer stores. We can't figure out who is buying in those stores. Of course no one is in them as we walk by.

We went into a tiny stone church, St Petka Samarjiiska, that was built in the 11th century!

We were both hungry since it was almost 4:00 so we went to McDonalds. While we were eating two girls came up to our table with the intent of robbing us. One held out a map to us like they wanted us to help them. We said, "no, we're tourists" so the one girl came around to the other side of our table to draw our attention in that direction. We were on to them. I said to Barbara, "watch your stuff." We grabbed our packs and they left. They didn't bother to ask any of the locals for help. A woman in Budapest was also planning to rob us so this was a second attempt, hopefully it will be the last.