Koprivshtitsa Train Station

in photo •  7 years ago  (edited)

The name of this gorgeous little town, nestled high up in the mountains, is the hardest word in the Bulgarian language for an English-speaking foreigner like myself to pronounce. I pride myself on sounding almost like native speakers ;)


At any rate, we were driving back from the town to Sofia when I happened to notice this really cool pattern outside the window:

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So I instructed our highly experienced driver (as during this particular trip, a few days before, she had driven through snow flurries for the first time -- very bravely, I might add ) to slam on the brakes, but she did the smart thing, instead, and pulled over at the nearest turnout ;) -- just after this particular tunnel:

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Here's a close-up of the ridge above:

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We walked quite quickly through the tunnel to go snap pics of the railroad beauty below:

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The following are the pics that followed ;) Tell me which ones you like best!

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I like the rust :D

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Without the bothersome pole in the way ;) Which one is better, in your opinion -- the below or the above?

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A train passed just as we made our way to the bottom of the road:

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Nice graffiti :)

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Some shadows...

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I love these colors!

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And these:
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The very train station itself:

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And a bonus pic, a teaser of upcoming pics from Koprivshtitsa itself:

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Hope you liked! Ciao за now!

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I loved every minute of this impromptu stop! The bonus was our impeccable timing to catch the train!!!

P.S. Thank you for the compliments on my driving. May the director's cut version of that snow story never be seen/heard. ;)

My favorite picture is absolutely, positively the full tunnel with wires and the tracks. What a perfect shot...I predict, it will cause me to be ever envious. How the hell did I miss that?! So glad you were paying attention!!!

Upvoted & resteemed wholeheartedly!!!

You mean the 8th photo?

Да! Да! Да!

Окей :D

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omg!! The one with all the wires and tunnel is very beautiful.. and by the way what a mess they are there ! High risk of choosing the wrong one for maintenance

Yes, I'm so glad I don't work there :D