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The narrow-leaved helleborine is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is widespread across Europe, Asia and North Africa from Ireland and Morocco to China.
It usually grows in damp woodland places (mainly oak and beech), forest edges and rocky slopes. These plants prefer calcareous soils and in well exposed places, at an altitude of 0–1,400 metres above sea level. (Wikipedia)
Teshel, Bulgaria. May 2016.
Beglika is an area in the western part of Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria. It is located in Batak mountain ridge, on altitudes mainly between 1500 and 1700 m. There are two main peaks nearby- Golyama Syutkya (2186 m) and Batashki Snezhnik (2082 m). The terrain is quite plain, so these peaks are not clearly exposed. The area is rich with many streams and small rivers, branched in a labyrinth of valleys, finally gathered in Devin River to the southeast and Sarnena river to the south.
The whole area is covered by almost 100% taiga coniferous forests, with many glades and meadows on the valleys and near the lakes. You can meet bears, wild pigs, sometimes wolves, deer and other typical European forest animals along with many species of birds. (JourneyBeyondHorizon.com)
Beglika, Bulgaria. May 2016.
This is another view of this amazing Bulgarian fortress . Built originally by the Romans taking advantage of the mighty rock formation. The name Belogradchik literally means "white construction" , with the walls ca. 2m thick. Some of the ancient sandstone rocks are up to 200m high.
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View from the Musala Peak (2925 meters) at dawn, towards the Pirin Mountains, painted by the first rays of the rising sun in red.
Blue hour in Tryavna, Bulgaria. The place is deserted for whatever reason, probably economic, I did not clone any people out, nor did I wait for anyone to walk past.
A few days ago I claimed that I uploaded one photo from every country I visited during the last trip, but I completely forgot about Bulgaria. Therefore voila! Situation rectified.