Tea and eat.

It is terribly cold in Sofia these days. So much snow and low temperatures that ski fans cannot think of work at all because of snow, while the others just do not want to even think about going to work.

In such cold weather the only proper thing to do is just sit down somewhere warm and have a cup of tea (or other hot drink).
This is what I thought I've found one morning when passed by a small nice cafe and tea place and decided to jump in.
'Tea' is a part of a pastry-cafeteria-and-stores chain which I like because of their light cakes with modern taste and handsome waiters (only men, no women);-)

This forth site of their has:

a kind lady behind the bar,

no male waiters :-(

a great old-fashioned coffee machine

great horse-headed piles on the pavement in front

coffee and tea selection of the brand Richard

Italian food and wine and other bottles...

and last but not least - the tiny rounded paper for your chewing gum served together with your coffee.
It won my heart :-) Can you see it on the picture above?
Their ceiling was a strong competition to it though.

But it's too cold in the winter mornings there so I'll wait till April before visiting the kind lady again.

On Kathryn and TED

Honestly, I cannot tell you if they served coffee at the TEDxBG event held yesterday in Sofia as I did not attend it. Not that I didn't want to, just was late to arrange the tickets. And they were sold in few hours or days as far as I've heard. You can read some reviews in Bulgarian from bloggers I follow here, here, and here.

Although I didn't attend, I've read those reviews and I was really glad to learn that a very important speaker was presented there although not in person (if this was the case, I would have for sure regreted not attending the event). The organizers have shown a video by my most favourite speaker at TED events - Ms Kathryn Schulz with her talk 'On being wrong'. She has inspired me with it last year when I wrote here few thoughts on the importance of being wrong and accepting it. This woman has incredible sense for small issues that in fact are our big torturers in life. And has the passion to observe and analyze them, along with the empathy needed to calm the other human creatures around that these doubts are normal and they are what make us real and good people, not robots.

Enjoy her talks on being wrong and having no regrets - may be they will help you get in peace with yourself :-)