37.22 Bulgaria: Pirin National Park: Lake Popovo and the beauty along the trail.
Autumn develops, colors and foliage spectacular. Most of the lake surface is a reflection, at Cabana Bezbog. No two places are the same, anywhere in the world. Similarities abound but each has it own character and characteristics. The walk beyond Lake Popova is a typical case of we having seen lakes not that different from other alpine regions but the journey and respective scenes here were unique. In fact, Pirin National Park is glorious. Many of the parks in Europe, certainly the eastern countries, differ from those of the United States. Whereas in the latter country, it seems to us that land is set aside, often fenced off, entrance booths established for the collection of fees, good roads and trails built, including the establishment of hotels and other formal accommodation, yet Eastern Europe declares a region a national park and that's it. Trails and cabanas or refugios are built and off you go. Perhaps the tough part in Eastern Europe is that roads don't penet...