Hello friends, I would like to tell you with pleasure about my weekend experience in the mountains.π²π²π²
I'm crossing yes my mother and I decided to go on a surprise vacation to visit our friends who have a villa in the mountains of Beglika, which is dotted with beautiful lakes and as you can see in the first photo I stretched my legs in a meadow on a Rhodope blanket which is freezing our nationality since I am from Bulgaria and we are in a country rich in mountains and lakes.
This is a beautiful mountain lake that I have enjoyed in the snow, it is Karadjov Kamak and it lies at the foot of the mountain, which is the Rhodope Mountains, in the Beglika area, where it is covered with beautiful and wonderful and green gardens of all kinds of vegetation, and on the shore of the lake there are beautiful villas and bungalows of the local residents, and as we are pleased to share it with you, we are not one of them, as we came to visit these wonderful hosts, they were not and welcomed us with a wonderful view and delicious mekitsa.
Here we are at an altitude of 1500 m above sea level, where mainly pine trees and forests grow, and it is covered with beautiful dense pine trees, some of which are bigger and some are smaller. And there are some that reach 200 years of age, which I was intoxicated by, because I really like to admire the wild nature.
In the summer season, the lake is slightly dry due to its high temperatures and it does not allow us to walk along the shores, but we enjoy the nature that it provides and watch the fishermen who like to fish from the lake itself.
After the walk we ate delicious traditional Bulgarian dishes from the Rhodope Mountains, such as bean soup with warm homemade bread from local grandmothers and strawberry jam, and then we took a sheet each, a piece of banitsa, and stretched out in the garden in the yard. What I love most is that your house is in the forest, you can feel the ground with your bare feet and enjoy the rules around you.
I'm one of those people who can't stay in one place for very long, especially when it's nature and there are so many places to go around and explore and feel pure energy. I find it liberating to walk barefoot on the ground. As long as I don't bump into anything, of course. So I decided to take some photos of the wild animals and nature around me. Here's a small wild butterfly pollinating a flower.
This is the view of the lake from our hosts' house. As you can see, the pier reaches that far. When it rains more, the lake fills with rainwater and sometimes even reaches the pier, from which the pier begins. Their yard, which means that the house is almost in the water.
This is also part of the dam which is currently submerged in greenery and all sorts of wild vegetation.
Here we are again, going on another walk to the local people's shop to buy some homemade products like cheese, eggs, sweet yogurt. In Bulgaria, we are famous for our homemade products that we create with animals like sheep and goats from the mountains. Everything you will try when you come is such a pleasure. I will invite you and you will be delighted. Have any of you ever tried yogurt? It's great.
And that in the picture is a tit, I think it's called a Czech tit, which is constantly moving its tail up and down. I don't know if you remember, but to me they are extremely cute birds.
Our hosts are lucky enough to have wild strawberries in their own yard. I don't know if you've ever tried strawberries, but this is the most wonderful sweet in the world. I adore wild, sweet little strawberries. They are the size of a baby's finger, but at the same time they are as golden as baby blouses. I'm telling you, these fruits make the most wonderful sweet in the world, and especially when prepared in the company of mekitsi. mekitsi are those that are kneaded, of course, by a grandmother and fried in the new growth of oil. Then you can spread such a sweet on yourself, simply and this is something divine early in the morning.
Well, it's one of our so-called heavy-duty horses. These are a special breed, at least, which are designed for heavy loads. As you can see, the strong, massive body helps people who do crafts in the mountains, such as lumberjacks. These people collect wood and then hang it on carts, and these wonderful horses help with all the labor-intensive work.
Here everyone else was already tired and I took the risk of going for a walk in the forest alone after God is barefoot and I started to enjoy all the wonderful Rhodope wild nature that our country Bulgaria has. Have you ever been here?
It's a great feeling to realize how small all the problems in everyday life that surround us are. When you come to such a majestic mountain, because only at the moment when you become aware of this huge pine tree, you realize how small you actually are. How small are the things you think about every day, sometimes when nature speaks and says that everything that bothers us in everyday life actually has absolutely no importance when you act. There, somewhere in nature, and just the silence and only the silence gives you that spiritual people that you need, because sometimes that's all a person needs: a little silence and a lot of nature.
This is what the bungalows and so-called cottages where the locals live look like
And this is what their roads look like: such beautiful and pristine forest roads that you can enjoy driving on in the morning when you go to the bakery and in the evening when you come home from work.
This is the wonderful villa of our forest hosts, of which this is the beautiful interest, when you stand on it you see the entire panoramic view that opens up before you, which is a wonderful feeling when you wake up in the morning and look out over the terrace and see the enchanting mountain and the beautiful lake, not to mention the fresh air and the butterflies that fly through you every five minutes.
In my opinion, nature is here to teach me this patience and peace that in our daily lives we forget to enjoy the present moment and to be grateful for what we have because as I said, when I look at the big majestic mountain, when I become good, when I sit on the grass barefoot, I actually feel how the grass tickles my feet and realizes how small the things are that in our daily lives take up space in our hearts. It's better to just achieve at one point did we prevent us from enjoying everything that's around us? For me, for example, nature is exactly this wealth and the old one that needs it. When you have something to be loved, supported, understood. Nature is exactly what I need to embrace me in its arms and calm me down. Everything that is right here and now and only that is important to press to enjoy and thank for what we have because life is a gift, we must not forget it.
