Wherever I go, I always pack my running shoes. If I am going to run, it’s got to be early so, despite landing at midnight, I got up early enough to get in a good run. Having got to know Sofia over several visits, I have traced out a preferred circuit which goes out beyond the Levski Stadium and around the Borisova Gradina Park. When you run early in the morning – pre-rush hour early – you see the sides of cities that you wouldn’t see otherwise. This morning was particularly agreeable because it had that pre-heat freshness that comes at the dawn of a hot day – particularly agreeable given that we had flown out of a rain-lashed Brussels ten hours before…