We were in Alba Iulia – 2000 year old city, capital of the ancient Roman province of Dacia and the place where, in 1918, modern Romania was formed. I read a few month ago that the citadel here (I love citadels) has been restored, so I looked forwa… Continue…
Saturday morning, we left dusty Ranca and went up the Parang Mountains, winding left and right on the Transalpina. The road was climbing fast and we soon got to its highest altitude – 2145m. We were greeted with a rocky wall on our right (climbers… Continue…
Our first target of the day was Bats Cave. Instead, we missed the entry to the monastery (the cave is in a monastery?) and ended up in Bistrita Gorge, where we discovered Bears Cave. Returning to the monastery, we found out that access to the Bats… Continue…
And it’s time for the annual family roadtrip! This year’s target – the new Transalpina road, highest paved road in Romania, reaching 2145m altitude. We sped past the A1 highway and stopped close to Ramnicu Valcea (Hackerville), for the world local… Continue…
Finished the race, drank some water, lay a little around, washed and changed clothes. After changing, I got out of the tent and I looked around – the whole place was deserted! Everybody left – or at least everybody I knew. On top of that, it also … Continue…