Truth be told, I'm more of a city girl but this doesn't keep me from enjoying an afternoon walk/hike. I am so not a hike person that I am not even sure what the difference is between a walk and a hike. We were out in nature on a dirt path and at times it was uphill so maybe this counts as a hike. Maybe not.
<a title="On a hike by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8109732737/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8109732737_2d6a5240c6_z.jpg" alt="On a hike" width="640" height="427" /></a>
Either way, the weather was beautiful. I thew on my tennis shoes, a pair of capri pants, a long sleeved shirt, tied my sweatshirt around my waist and carried my water bottle around with me.

The trees were all turning and the air was crisp. We walked and walked. And we talked and talked.
<a title="H, K and P hiking by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8109738950/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8109738950_712edde677_z.jpg" alt="H, K and P hiking" width="640" height="427" /></a>
We weren't exactly sure where we were going but that's okay. It wasn't like we were going to get lost the path was well trod and we ran into plenty of people also out walking.

Then we ran into the sign below and while it didn't help us orient ourselves we knew where we were going. Just for the record, lots of giggling ensued upon spotting the sign.
<a title="Koprivshtitsa trees by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8109728459/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8109728459_271afb4492_z.jpg" alt="Koprivshtitsa trees" width="640" height="427" /></a>
<a title="Bich peak and Koprivshtitsa by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8109734810/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8109734810_0441d90398_z.jpg" alt="Bich peak and Koprivshtitsa" width="640" height="427" /></a>
It was the perfect way to spend the afternoon. And that's saying a lot from me. By and large, I prefer cafes and cobble stones to dirt paths and bottles of water. This said, the hike wasn't ever that difficult. Sure a lot of it was up hill but it was the nice kind of up hill. It was steady but not too steep.
<a title="Koprivshtitsa sign by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8109724535/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8109724535_3d58882102_z.jpg" alt="Koprivshtitsa sign" width="640" height="427" /></a>

We made it to the top-ish before turning around and heading back for dinner. We found this view and we were happy.

I will say, once I was back at home and downloading my photos, I was  reminded o the fact that I wish I was better at taking nature photos. It's just not something that I practice much which means that I never get any better at it. Hum, maybe I should actually work on this. Practice does make perfect after all.<a title="The view from our hike around Koprivshtitsa by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8109723487/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8109723487_56faa77180_z.jpg" alt="The view from our hike around Koprivshtitsa" width="640" height="427" /></a>