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in conclusion, cosmic

            We returned to Sofia for our final night, making a great circuit of Greater Macedonia, which I actually found exceedingly edifying: most of my holidays are either stationary or linear; rarely do I circle around to end up where I began, except in the sense of coming home at the end of them.

Our farewell dinner for the journey was at an avant garde club by the name of Cosmos ("Traditional Space Cuisine"), which serves both high class food and cosmic libations.  I tried the Space Pheromone, which would have been at home in any cocktail cabaret in New York:  vodka, cherry cordial, coffee liqueur, lemon, (fake) eggwhite, and tonka beans.  It was quite delicious, a bit like drinking a cherry dark chocolate bon bon.  Perhaps the oddest thing was the ceiling was spangled with glowing orbs, not unlike ... the cosmos.  And then I was only half paying attention when I thought I saw movement, and sure enough, the starry orbs overhead were slowly shifting from place to place, like some mechanical orrery of starlight.  It was quite something, and once you saw it, you couldn't unsee the slow-motion ballet of the cosmos overhead.  This was a really nifty venue.

The piece de resistance, however, was the dessert, where they wheeled out roses and then set them afire with butane torches:  they were baked alaskas!  Ma Sunshine was quite betaken with the spectacle, whilst Pa stares on impassively.  And the rose, of course, is a symbol of Bulgaria, as we learned in the Valley of the Roses.

Taken in: Bulgaria / Sofia-grad / Sofia (show map)

Taken on: May 4, 2023

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софия

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Camera: Google Pixel 6 Pro, f/1.9, 1/72 sec, 6.8mm, ISO 424 (more info) (hide info)

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Exposure Bias:	0 EV
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