37.08 Romania: High Holy Days at high altitudes, at least 3,000 feet elevation gain, above towns and cities and, favorite places.
We obviously love the outdoors, the wilds and living close to nature. City life is wonderful for many but not us. So as a compromise, all of the pictures are from high positions, mostly above 3,000 feet of accumulated gain, while some of the scenes are of towns and cities. A nice compromise, if you will. Jenni nears a peak after scaling the crags at Craiului Mountain Park. Somewhere on the Bucegi Mountains, early autumn. Spectacular park, Bucegi Massif. Reaching the peak, Vanatarea, in thick mist, Fagaras Mountains. We thought of sharing some insights from our budding trip in Eastern Europe, our second this year in the region. It's also our second autumn of the year, a favorite season of ours, the first being Argentina during March/April. We never travelled much during this time of the year in earlier periods because of the High Holy Days. A few years back we visited South Africa for the holy days, two years ago Greece, and last year Johannesburg and Cape...