Easter Picnic at Bovska Skaklya Waterfalls

After a week of cold and rainy days, this Sunday was a gorgeous sunny April day and it also happened to be the Orthodox Easter. The whole family decided to celebrate it in the open with a hike in the Balkan mountains along the trail to one of the beautiful waterfalls in the Iskar gorge - Skaklya waterfalls. We traveled to the village of Bov by train and then climbed the steep trail up along the river Skaklya to the beginning of the waterfalls.

: To our surprise, spring  in the Iskar gorge had obviously arrived here earlier than in Sofia. The meadows were green, the dogwood in full bloom

:The river Skaklya was full after the snow-melt

:The photos don't capture even a fraction of the beauty of this place in real life

:The Balkan mountains

: The beginning of the waterfall (85 m high)

: The scattered houses of the village of Bov on the other side of the gorge

: On top of the hill

: The beginning of the waterfall

: Our picnic place, where we ate our painted eggs and Easter breads, made by Gaby and me

:And back down the trail to the railway station

: Dogwood, covered with martenitzi