The Radiant and Peaceful Shipka Memorial Church

The most beautiful church in Bulgaria that you’ve probably never heard of.

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Sofia's Marvelous Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Sofia's most famous landmark is marvelous and photogenic.

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Beautiful Ligatures in Serbian Cyrillic

Serbian Cyrillic uses beautiful ligatures for "ль" and "нь".

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Alan in Syros, Greece Alan lived and worked in Kenya for eight years, first as a volunteer teaching computer science at a rural college, and later as a Linux systems administrator at a livestock research institute in Nairobi. During his time in Kenya he traveled extensively around East Africa and blogged about his experiences. He is passionate about open-source software, information security, and the freedom of information — naturally, he blogs about that too. Continue reading...