Friday afternoon caught me in the train, going to Brasov. I’ve left behind the oven Bucharest had become (with temperatures that day reaching 40). The train had just a breeze of AC, so you won’t forget it’s still summer. While crossing the mountai… Continue…
4 years ago, the Bucharest Road Administration built a series of bike paths. Awesome! It seems that these paths were more expensive than Bulgarian highways – all the math is here (in Romanian). So that means the paths must be awesome. Then I tried… Continue…
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…