aventura in muntii

Am avut un timp foarte distractiv ci Amy si Mihai in muntii. Programme noastra original nu a intamplat pentru inundatii si drumuri inchis spre monastirii in est dar ma bucor pentru ca muntii in sud a fost mai minunat. Prima, am mers la Straja, un sat sus in muntii. Noi am intalnit ci Justin (un prieten lui Mihai, care are o cabina acolo) si el ne-a dat trei locuri sa dorm si o plimbare greau dar frumoasa si multi mancare. Sambata a fost ziua de nastere (31!) si noi am facut chili, mici, si cartofi si am avut un petrecere la fel a fost 1999! Amy a luat marshmellows 'n fixins pentru s'mores (yum). A fost un banchet pentru regele! Apoi, am mers la Cartea de Arges sa vizitem doi monastirii frumosi. In final, am mers la mai sus in Muntii Fagaraselor. Wow! Foarte fromosi... Okay, for my english-speaking contingent I will switch here. Sorry, I get a little caught up in limba de casa aici (I do apologize to my romanian contingent for the grammatical mishaps). We went to Balea Lac in the Fagaras Mountains and it was just lovely. Of course, ill-equpped simpletons that we are, we didn't bring winter clothes to protect us from the snow and 1.5 degree tempratures (that is celcius, it was about 35 degrees fahrenheit). C'mon, it is mid-July! Who'd have thought? We ditched the tent there and shacked up in a cabin (aka ski-lift building) until the fog cleared. The next morning was glorious! While my cohorts were still sleeping, I took a trek through the surrounding hills and found a steady rock to make some coffee. The clouds were passing all around me (not above me) and the air was so crisp and clean. Before our taxi de sus a ajuns, I had a nice solo hike up the mountain while Amy and Mihai ate sunflower seeds and enjoyed their own mountain scenery down below. What an invigorating trek! I never stood on top of a mountain with just me and the world below... magnificent. After we returned to flat terrain, we hung out in Sibiu and drank beer while we waited for our midnight train back to our little Cluj. In drum la gara, we happened upon a poetry reading (asa si asa) and through that discovered an upcoming anthropology festival in Sibiu. Bonus! Amy and I will return in the coming days for more info...

summer and fools in all their glory


















Cabina in spate is not where we stayed... (but we ate there. Best mici on a mountain!)













Cloudy with a chance of meatballs...













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