On Sunday a group of us took a trip to Lakatnik, about 60 km north of Sofia, for a winter's hike. We caught an early morning train north, heading out of the dull grey that has defined Sofia these past two weeks, and after about an hour emerged from a tunnel into glorious sunshine and blue sky. Armed to the teeth with enough winter essentials to climb Everest, and having just sucked down some rocket-fuel that Bulgarians call coffee, we embarked on a 2 1/2 journey up the hill, exploring massive
caves and old war monuments, stumbling on and through a hidden/lost/imaginary village, and after all that, given the altitude and cold, we were unable to avoid an onslaught of barking (and one Cujo-like) dogs. It was a great little get-a-way and another reminder of Bulgaria's untapped (tourist wise) beauty.Here are a few of my favorite pics:
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