After Maddy left us in Romania we continued on to Sibiel, a gorgeous small village. We went for a walk through the lovely forest, keeping an eye open for bears. We so wanted to see one! I kept thinking of Aunty Rita and Aunty Liz doing "We're going on a bear hunt!"
Back in the village, working wells were scattered every few hundred metres.
We then headed off to tackle the Transfagarasan Road, an amazing highway that crosses over the Fagaras Mountains. The guys from "Top Gear" rated it the world's best road. We were a bit nervous about taking the bus along this road which is quite narrow in places but it turned out to be fine.
The mountains loomed mistily ahead of us.
We stopped at a small collection of buildings part way up and it was freezing! We were able to warm ourselves with these yummy pastry things that they cook over coals. They coat them with cinnamon and peanuts.
As we climbed higher, the mist got heavier.
This was one of our last views of the road before it completely disappeared into the mist. We arrived at the top where we had our accommodation booked. Our chalet was located right on a lake surrounded by stunning mountains. It sounded amazing - except all we could see was mist and rain! We couldn't raise anyone at the chalet, the rain was pouring down and it was freezing. It didn't take long for us to decide that there was no point hanging around there so we did a runner and headed off.
It was a long way to the next town but once we got a bit lower the mist cleared and we could see the gorgeous scenery around us. It's funny how things work out though......
......... we were just innocently driving along when suddenly we saw some cars stopped in the middle of the road ahead of us. To our amazement, there, right beside the road, were two bears! We were stoked! They casually grazed for a few minutes only a few metres from us before they ambled off into the forest. Wow!
We finally arrived at Bucharest, our final destination. Our hotel was great and we had fun exploring the town. It doesn't really have sites as such but it was a great place to hang around in.
In the bad old days, Ceausescu wasted 3 billion euros building this 3,000 room monstrosity. It was supposed to be for parliament but was never used. The pigeons seem to use most of it now. There was a cool art gallery in one part which we enjoyed though.
When in Rome Romania, drink as the locals do! Alanna and John enjoyed their beers from enormous pottery jugs.
One last selfie from the gang!
We had a fabulous trip. If only we could head back tomorrow.....
Thanks for following along with our little adventure. Hopefully I'll be back with more pics in a month or so.
Cheers!
Heather
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