Trabants and the Great Gatsby

Sunday morning in Sofia and the roads are very quiet, apart from the area around the church that we visited yesterday.

The main road was closed by the police, and a huge car rally was taking place.

Hundreds of cars were polished and on show, ranging from Jaguars and Mustangs, and then best of all, a row of Trabants.

They all sparkled like new, and one with it's bonnet up showed off a cute little engine with very few moving parts.

We went round to the back of one car to check out the boot and found that it was actually a mini kitchen.

In the afternoon we went to a matinee of a ballet called The Great Gatsby at the national theatre.

Lots of people in the audience had dressed up in glamourous outfits and I was disappointed not to wear a nice dress that I had brought with me, but it was very cold and rain was due again, so I dressed down.

A strange pose, but in my mind I am doing a sort of Charleston.

The ballet was fantastic, so many dancers and all wearing beautiful costumes. Obviously it is based on the famous book, but we couldn't follow it at all, but it didn't matter at all.