37.03 & 37.04 Romania: Fagaras Mountains, two hikes, one to Lake Balea the other to Balea Cascades.
A favorite photo and treasure. Jen looks fresh after a day's total of 3,600 feet vertical accumulation to Lake Balea and the cascades. I wish I had felt that way, too. Three-ways to the lake. Ride a Ford, take the cable car or move the feet. At the end of the valley, the trail drops down to pass the cascades through the forest (not visible) and arrive back at commencement, where the cable station awaits another car. Romania has proved, thus far, to be a place where one can have a 'mixed' relationship. It certainly is different from many places we’ve visited. We commenced with 5 days at Julia and George’s pensione below the mountains outside the town of Baile Herculane. We moved on, driving some 5 hours, long in time but short in distance, as the first half of the journey took us through towns, villages and the occasional city. Speeds drop to 30 miles an hour in these small but many regions. Fortunately, we drove on our first freeway for about seventy miles in t...