First post-surgery serious hike, hooray! Chose Iezer-Papusa in probably the last decent-weather-and-no-snow weekend of this year. For the complete experience we spent the night at the Iezer Shelter (2150 meters elevation). Started the climb from Voina Chalet (more like Motel) on some nice and warm temperatures. As we picked up altitude and the wind made itself noticed, we ended up wearing most of our clothes. Still, we were enjoying ourselves Continue…
TLDR: Yes, go there. Romania doesn’t have a lot of bike trails. If you’re mountain biking, you’ll be using: – Unpaved roads. A lot of them were created to help in logging. How do you feel now, knowing you benefit from the country’s deforestation? They’re wide, boring, oftentimes crazy steep. Good for access to/from the mountain, but sad if they make up most of your trip. – Hiking trails. They Continue…
We like Szekely Land because of its many traits as compared to Bucharest: green, remote, underdeveloped, deserted. We went by car to explore some of its sights, trying to cram as much as possible in just 2 days. The natural sights around Racos We started with the volcano. Very interesting landscape. I guess this place is a lot better to visit with a guide or a geologist – they would Continue…
Looks like an average hotel room, right? Then you start noticing the weird shape of the bed or the unfamiliar sockets on the wall. You’re not allowed to eat 12 hours before surgery or drink 8 hours before. It seems, when under anesthesia, you won’t be able to control yourself, so it’s best there’s nothing you can lose control of. I was given regional anesthesia. That’s the one with a Continue…
It was a beautiful winter day. And by beautiful I mean it was snowing – something you most appreciate when you’re a skier hungry for some white powder. We were in Poiana Brasov, going down Lamba Valley. The entry point for the valley is just below the Capra Neagra cable car station. Just keep right as you’re descending. The snow was pretty good, we had a lot of trees to ski Continue…