Lazarow World-Hike-About

The cities of Prague and Budapest, at least architecturally speaking, are magnificent. Many superlatives may be expressed of them, but we tend to allow photographs to summarize our views in respect of this aspect of our journey. We landed in Prague as our entry point into Europe and thereafter, we commenced with a taxi ride from the airport to our apartment, which was most comfortable (not the taxi), as well as ideally positioned.    The first four pictures below provide some insights to Prague, Czechia.  Our trip thus far has been without a dull moment. Then again, we never have dull moments, but we do have some tricky situations besides the excitement and good old adventure. It’s a good thing that Jenni is still so young and vibrant or else who knows what might happen. I hope to be able to keep up with her which of course is what is supposed to keep me young. I don’t know whether that concept is working or even viable, but it sounds enticing ...

The ground cover in this region softens the effect of the climbing. It's only the start of a colorful beginning.    We finally understood the derivation of the phrase “Take a hike’. Actually, it’s more than a phrase as it contains a verb, making it a sentence. Hopefully, you’re not reading this for want of a grammar lesson as we’re probably wrong as well as quite boring. Why don’t I get back on the trail and take a hike. There you go: Already you can see an advantage to a reader of us ‘taking a …    Should one think about it, it all makes much sense. In Bulgaria particularly, and in many of the countries we’ve visited, we’ve come across outstanding wilderness areas. We’ve seen tree-filled forests in many parts of the world but would guess that this country is a leader in quantity and quality of trees and forests. So much so that there are many times we cannot separate the wood for the trees or the trees from the forests. What’s impressive is that the forests...

Part-way up, we look into the gorge and valley. After reaching the hotel, it is an incline all the way to the top.   I made the point last week, aloud, much to Jenni's 'astonishment' that Bulgaria is my favorite place to visit for hiking and casual living, inter alia. More specifically, the Rhodope and Pirin Mountains are fantastic places. I also knew Jenni would reply, should she not be too bored, that I mention it about all the countries and regions we visit. It's my mind. It is obviously too small to retain much so the current or last place visited is therefore the favorite—the only one I remember. Naturally, I am deeply- or would be- offended but I like to give her the benefit of the doubt as she is correct...occasionally or perhaps more than occasionally. However, for the first time I stand by my position unequivocally and while I won't 'fight to the death to defend it', I will try to sneak a booking for next autumn.    This ...

This is the continuation blog of the previous hike, undertaken 3 weeks later, in a most spectacular environment. Should we be incorrect in our judgment of this marvel, kindly let us know. We would appreciate a response (negative only) in case we are losing objective judgment, something been known to occur.    It is one of the few occasions in which any photograph could have been selected for display. Instead, 90% of them are stored in the basement pending a clear out. The following day, we hiked elsewhere, not expecting to view anything close to what we had been immersed within on the day. Guess what? We were wrong.   Perhaps during this period of misery and bleakness creeping over the planet, the autumn coloring might provide some temporary respite. It’s remarkable how beautiful the world is notwithstanding the misery cast upon it by some miserable beings masquerading as humans.   A little edgy but wonderful views, this and the following two photog...