Bulgaria Is Beautiful #16. Pernik - A Walk In My Neighborhood

This edition of #BulgariaIsBeautiful is going to be a different, I am not going to take you to a spectacular place, as I usually do ;) I just want to share the upside of the "simple life" in a simple town. I took all of the pictures with my phone yesterday, while enjoying a relaxing walk.

Let me start from the beginning. It took me exactly six minutes to get from Point A:

To Point B:

Here are some views along the way between the two points.

Just a little push to climb the hill.

Before I know it, I am home!

I am not the only one to appreciate the place. There is a group of enthusiasts who gather and maintain it. It may not look very tidy, but it is like an equivalent to an outdoor bachelor apartment, a.k.a. messy place 😅

Functionality is a priority! You have to admit this is unique and believe it or not, it is quite comfy.

One of my favorite things to do is to lay in my hammock and listen to music. "All inclusive" is when I combine it with a good book and my friend Mary 🌿. This book is called "The Hostess of God". It is about the forgotten roots of the true, old Bulgarian culture. The one before Christianity. Strongly recommended to all Bulgarians who read this.

I love the view from the hammock, as it has a contrast of my neighborhood and Vitosha mountain. Time to go back, as the sun is getting low.

"But before I go, why not explore some territory?", said the little voice in my head. I climbed to the top of the hill, walked through a muddy path

to take this picture.

The sad news is that during the bumpy path, I lost my X-Mini 😪
R.I.P, buddy. Thank you for the good services. Maybe next year a tree will grow from the mud with little X-Minis 😆 Oh well, I will survive.
Next, I looked behind and this was the view.

My mini adventure continues! I know the direction, but the road is quite bumpy. I just love challenges, so that is no problem for me.

The award was at the end of the road. A beautiful autumn fairy tale.

The day was a bit weird. After all, it was Friday the 13th. I woke up and even though I enjoy my life a lot, sometimes the hormones are not on my side and I want to cry for no reason. Felt that I would appreciate a hug and what better entity than a tree?
Remembered about one of the stories from "The Hostess Of God". It was about how, on a particular date it is best to look for a tree to become your friend. To go to it in happiness and sorrow and to share stories with it . If you tell a sad story, you need to compensate next time with a happy one!
Decided to look for my tree. Felt an attraction to one, hugged it, put my year to it. Just sent it love and received some. Definitely good therapy, as I felt much better. Before I continued, I looked up and saw that it splits into two. Maybe some day I will go back to it, who knows.

One of the coolest things in Bulgrain nature is the variety of vegetation and their meeting point. This is a good example of a place in which coniferous and broadleaf vegetation meet.

I was almost home, but something drew me to climb another cliff. I did want to try some meditation, but I had zero chance, as some guys with ATVs were showing off and making a lot of noise. At least I was able to take this awesome photo 💖

What happened next was quite unexpected. As I sat at the top of the hill, I saw a car at the bottom and two people came out with axes. Got interested in what they were doing and started to spy on them. Then I saw how they started to cut some trees. The James Bond in me got awaken, walked down, saw the number of the car, walked a bit so they no longer see me and called an emergency number. Hopefully the police caught them.
This is unacceptable! The forest is quite beautiful and apart from that, it helps to prevent a flood upon a storm. Coincidence or not, I know that something drew me to the hill. I love to be hyper romantic and to believe that this was the forest's way to ask for help.

It is a bit hard to get used to the life in a non-dynamic city such as mine, after living in the capital for three years. But the fact that for ten minutes I can go to such places is something I highly appreciate.

I got to admit that I got the idea about this post from @vangelov, who asked me the other day how we get entertained in Pernik. Now that I look at it, the post became a good memory of a nice day. So thanks, mate.

Hope you enjoyed the walk, as much as I did. Here is the list of the other #BulgariaIsBeautiful sequence:

#1 Marchaevo
#2 Polska Skakavitsa
#3 Zemen's Pit
#4 The Living Water
#5 Rhodope Mountain
#6 Devetashka Cave
#7 Beglika Dam
#8 WakeЪп! Festival
#9 Sokolov Kamik
#10 Pirin Mountain
#11 Sokolna Hut
#12 My Annual August Adventure/Part One - Irakli
#13 My Annual August Adventure/Part Two - Irakli
#14 My Annual August Adventure/Part Three- Beglika Festival
#15 EPIC Walk To Vihren Peak (2,914 meters)

P.S. All upvotes will go for a new X-Mini :D not kidding!

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