As forecast, Friday has turned out to be a very rainy day. Even if it had been a sunny day, our schedule included a visit to a local school. It appears to be like our charter schools where the middle school kids from the city can come for education focused on art. We visited a couple of classrooms, including their computer lab, the teachers lounge/work room, and several offices with exhibitions of student artwork. We had a nice powerpoint presentation in English giving the history of the school and showing what they did. This year, the school is celebrating its 160th anniversary - it was established when Bulgaria was still part of the Ottoman Empire, and survived all of the governmental changes since then.
On our prior work days, they have ordered lunch from a restaurant near the build site and the restaurant would deliver it. They would have single serving size plastic containers of shropska salad, an entree and a dessert, plus nice fresh home made bread. Since the food had already been ordered, after visiting the school, we drove by the restaurant and picked up the lunches. Once back at the hotel, the lunches were distributed and everyone went their individual ways.
While there is a great need for infrastructure repair and upgrade, Sofia has many modern things. Many of the bus and street car stops have the digital signs telling how many minutes until the next bus or street car. There are the digital signs for the municipal parking lots telling how many spaces are left at each lot. One of the more interesting is the pedestrian crossing signs. There is a red light at the top and it is in the shape of a stationary person. But on the bottom, there is not just a person in the green light - it is a moving person. What a great idea for some one who is color blind and cannot distinguish between green and red. (Unfortunately, the video is on its side - I cannot figure out how to rotate it 90 degrees.)
So for a second time, because of the weather delay, we have another free day with time on our hands until we meet for dinner. We hope the weather allows us to work on Saturday.
We had a group dinner at Pizza Italia - this time we also had dessert.
On our prior work days, they have ordered lunch from a restaurant near the build site and the restaurant would deliver it. They would have single serving size plastic containers of shropska salad, an entree and a dessert, plus nice fresh home made bread. Since the food had already been ordered, after visiting the school, we drove by the restaurant and picked up the lunches. Once back at the hotel, the lunches were distributed and everyone went their individual ways.
While there is a great need for infrastructure repair and upgrade, Sofia has many modern things. Many of the bus and street car stops have the digital signs telling how many minutes until the next bus or street car. There are the digital signs for the municipal parking lots telling how many spaces are left at each lot. One of the more interesting is the pedestrian crossing signs. There is a red light at the top and it is in the shape of a stationary person. But on the bottom, there is not just a person in the green light - it is a moving person. What a great idea for some one who is color blind and cannot distinguish between green and red. (Unfortunately, the video is on its side - I cannot figure out how to rotate it 90 degrees.)
So for a second time, because of the weather delay, we have another free day with time on our hands until we meet for dinner. We hope the weather allows us to work on Saturday.
We had a group dinner at Pizza Italia - this time we also had dessert.
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