In The Zoo

Husband and I hadn't been to the Zoo for ages. When the children were small we used to bring them here quite often, and I loved it. Meanwhile, the management of the zoo has succeeded in making the place better looking and more attractive for the visitors. I like the improvements they've made so far. As far as I know the animals were all born in captivity, some are donations or exchanges with other zoos in Europe. And though none of them would be able to survive in the wilderness and they seemed to be well looked after, still it was a bit sad to look at these beautiful prisoners:

Spring. Finally.

Yesterday was one of those rare Saturdays in April and May in Sofia, when the sun shines, the skies are blue and everybody is out in the open. So, we and one third of the city population went to the zoo. Just an (almost) random selection of pictures we took:

    

 

We live at the foot of the Vitosha mountain and spring comes later here than in the rest of the country and with lots of rain. Today is Sunday and its raining since morning, with forecasts for heavy rain till the end of next week. I'm so glad we had such a fabulous walk yesterday!