All posts tagged: village

sheep in Lacken, Ireland

Irish Country Story

Ever since my career break last summer, I have discovered a new passion for photographing beautiful bucolic landscapes. Having grown up in a village myself, part of me feels a natural genuine love for the countryside and its unpretentious charm. So here I go sharing […]

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Magic Mountain

High up on a slope of the Rhodope mountain, sits the pretty village of Leshten. Up there the air is clean and the views are breath-taking. The village overlooks the valley of Gotse Delchev and Pirin mountain. Like many remote villages in the Rhodopes, Leshten […]

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Kovachevica village

Smoking Chimneys

This is a view of the amazing village of Kovachevitsa in the Rhodope mountain in Bulgaria. I spent two days in Leshten, a similar village a few kilometers from it. Both villages are amazing examples of how preserving authentic places in their original look, can […]

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snow in Etar, Bulgaria

Midwinter Beauty

This has been the most beautiful and coldest winter Bulgaria has seen in years. In the beginning of January, I travelled to Etar Open Air Museum. The tiny village is a reconstruction of a typical Bulgarian village and it takes you back in time. When […]

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stone fence and flowers in Zheravna

Tale of Stone and Wood

On the southern slopes of the Balkan range in Bulgaria lies the village of Zheravna. A tale of stone and wood, this place has not changed since the 19th century. It is a magical place, faraway from modern civilisation. All houses have traditional architecture dating […]

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