explorish
May-22-2008, 04:49 AM
Starting point of the journey was Paris, surrounded by rape fields, yellow checkerboxes visible at take-off
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGnB4FGktI/AAAAAAAAG60/1b5jyUkcFJw/s400/IMGP3857.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202122695265129170)
After takeoff I fell asleep; when waking up to have a look outside, bang! Austrian Alps, probably in Tirol. Global warming, huh?
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGnEYFGkuI/AAAAAAAAG68/R06VvcL8gjQ/s400/IMGP3870.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202122738214802146)
Arrived in Bucharest, but idn’t spend much time - took off immediately to the mountains,
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjdYFGkpI/AAAAAAAAG58/Xrr123Ej4yc/s400/DSC_6489.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118769665020562)
where I realized that I had actually never been in the mountains around this time of the year! I would have remembered the amazingly fresh effect of the different shades of Carpathian green, especially dark coniferes mixing with the fresh tone of new leaves.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjdIFGkoI/AAAAAAAAG50/llZbOyo8WUE/s400/IMGP3873.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118765370053250)
After a little bit of hiking
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjd4FGkqI/AAAAAAAAG6E/tWs9Nub_ugo/s400/DSC_6609.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118778254955170)
we entered Transylvania,
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjfIFGksI/AAAAAAAAG6U/HY9AW7U16VQ/s400/IMGP3945.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118799729791682)
also speckled with rape fields, so i had to stop to take a closer look
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjcoFGknI/AAAAAAAAG5s/4MiK33qMlAQ/s400/DSC_6677.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118756780118642)
at what was making it all yellow.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjcYFGkmI/AAAAAAAAG5k/N8tmKhB5dxg/s400/DSC_6672.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118752485151330)
It was sunny in Sighisoara
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjXIFGkcI/AAAAAAAAG4Q/F5BF87BWPu4/s400/DSC_6753.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118662290837954)
and consequently terraces were awaiting customers
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjYIFGkdI/AAAAAAAAG4Y/yqK3K371gCg/s400/DSC_6756.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118679470707154)
while the old citadel received some seemingly out of place visitors
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjW4FGkbI/AAAAAAAAG4I/uHmpy8rqj1U/s400/DSC_6743.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118657995870642)
which didnt seem to disturb the locals much though.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjZIFGkeI/AAAAAAAAG4g/x3bYw-g4B2A/s400/DSC_6771.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118696650576354)
On the way up
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjaIFGkgI/AAAAAAAAG4w/OVp4L9WvKbA/s400/DSC_6792.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118713830445570)
I looked up
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjaoFGkhI/AAAAAAAAG44/hFMTKzmo5T0/s400/DSC_6795.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118722420380178)
for other shades of green.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjWYFGkaI/AAAAAAAAG4A/hhdTljSTmVw/s400/DSC_6733.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118649405936034)
Next, I visited a friend in Brasov,
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjWIFGkZI/AAAAAAAAG34/Fvd-0iwRQEA/s400/DSC_6908.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118645110968722)
another sprinkling medieval gem in Southern Translyvania
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjVoFGkYI/AAAAAAAAG3w/AU9c7EY0J_o/s400/DSC_6905.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118636521034114)
whose central square at the bottom of the Tāmpa mountain is a preferred place to hang out every time I visit.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjVIFGkXI/AAAAAAAAG3o/qCwvuVDCwGU/s400/DSC_6903.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118627931099506)
Finally, back in Bucharest, for a soothing walk in the Herastrau Park
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjSIFGkRI/AAAAAAAAG20/UVWUMCuz044/s400/IMGP4036.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118576391491858)
a busy yet quiet place corner symbolicly guarded by an office building, messenger of the economic boom
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjRYFGkQI/AAAAAAAAG2s/N2boLVXOK2k/s400/IMGP4034.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118563506589954)
contrasting with the still grey-looking old standard Communist-made neighborhoods, streets, boulevards
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjTYFGkTI/AAAAAAAAG3E/UdWQnzW29ic/s400/IMGP4082.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118597866328370)
yet populated with a remarkably high average female looks.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjToFGkUI/AAAAAAAAG3M/wGvD_4f1Ves/s400/IMGP4087.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118602161295682)
Such that many even so bold in theory seem to be losing breath in practice.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjQYFGkOI/AAAAAAAAG2c/OvEDvXNqg5Y/s400/IMGP4033.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118546326720738)
Otherwise, while the "neighborhood internet networks" boom is filling the city up with cables,
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5203168734465178050"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDVeZXw3OcI/AAAAAAAAG8o/c4hnHufl7Zg/s400/IMGP4026.JPG" /></a>
Spring is on.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjS4FGkSI/AAAAAAAAG28/ka9N2g7flww/s400/IMGP4055.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118589276393762)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGnB4FGktI/AAAAAAAAG60/1b5jyUkcFJw/s400/IMGP3857.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202122695265129170)
After takeoff I fell asleep; when waking up to have a look outside, bang! Austrian Alps, probably in Tirol. Global warming, huh?
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGnEYFGkuI/AAAAAAAAG68/R06VvcL8gjQ/s400/IMGP3870.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202122738214802146)
Arrived in Bucharest, but idn’t spend much time - took off immediately to the mountains,
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjdYFGkpI/AAAAAAAAG58/Xrr123Ej4yc/s400/DSC_6489.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118769665020562)
where I realized that I had actually never been in the mountains around this time of the year! I would have remembered the amazingly fresh effect of the different shades of Carpathian green, especially dark coniferes mixing with the fresh tone of new leaves.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjdIFGkoI/AAAAAAAAG50/llZbOyo8WUE/s400/IMGP3873.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118765370053250)
After a little bit of hiking
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjd4FGkqI/AAAAAAAAG6E/tWs9Nub_ugo/s400/DSC_6609.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118778254955170)
we entered Transylvania,
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjfIFGksI/AAAAAAAAG6U/HY9AW7U16VQ/s400/IMGP3945.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118799729791682)
also speckled with rape fields, so i had to stop to take a closer look
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjcoFGknI/AAAAAAAAG5s/4MiK33qMlAQ/s400/DSC_6677.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118756780118642)
at what was making it all yellow.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjcYFGkmI/AAAAAAAAG5k/N8tmKhB5dxg/s400/DSC_6672.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118752485151330)
It was sunny in Sighisoara
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjXIFGkcI/AAAAAAAAG4Q/F5BF87BWPu4/s400/DSC_6753.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118662290837954)
and consequently terraces were awaiting customers
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjYIFGkdI/AAAAAAAAG4Y/yqK3K371gCg/s400/DSC_6756.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118679470707154)
while the old citadel received some seemingly out of place visitors
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjW4FGkbI/AAAAAAAAG4I/uHmpy8rqj1U/s400/DSC_6743.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118657995870642)
which didnt seem to disturb the locals much though.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjZIFGkeI/AAAAAAAAG4g/x3bYw-g4B2A/s400/DSC_6771.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118696650576354)
On the way up
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjaIFGkgI/AAAAAAAAG4w/OVp4L9WvKbA/s400/DSC_6792.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118713830445570)
I looked up
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjaoFGkhI/AAAAAAAAG44/hFMTKzmo5T0/s400/DSC_6795.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118722420380178)
for other shades of green.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjWYFGkaI/AAAAAAAAG4A/hhdTljSTmVw/s400/DSC_6733.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118649405936034)
Next, I visited a friend in Brasov,
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjWIFGkZI/AAAAAAAAG34/Fvd-0iwRQEA/s400/DSC_6908.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118645110968722)
another sprinkling medieval gem in Southern Translyvania
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjVoFGkYI/AAAAAAAAG3w/AU9c7EY0J_o/s400/DSC_6905.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118636521034114)
whose central square at the bottom of the Tāmpa mountain is a preferred place to hang out every time I visit.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjVIFGkXI/AAAAAAAAG3o/qCwvuVDCwGU/s400/DSC_6903.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118627931099506)
Finally, back in Bucharest, for a soothing walk in the Herastrau Park
http://lh4.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjSIFGkRI/AAAAAAAAG20/UVWUMCuz044/s400/IMGP4036.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118576391491858)
a busy yet quiet place corner symbolicly guarded by an office building, messenger of the economic boom
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjRYFGkQI/AAAAAAAAG2s/N2boLVXOK2k/s400/IMGP4034.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118563506589954)
contrasting with the still grey-looking old standard Communist-made neighborhoods, streets, boulevards
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjTYFGkTI/AAAAAAAAG3E/UdWQnzW29ic/s400/IMGP4082.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118597866328370)
yet populated with a remarkably high average female looks.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjToFGkUI/AAAAAAAAG3M/wGvD_4f1Ves/s400/IMGP4087.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118602161295682)
Such that many even so bold in theory seem to be losing breath in practice.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjQYFGkOI/AAAAAAAAG2c/OvEDvXNqg5Y/s400/IMGP4033.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118546326720738)
Otherwise, while the "neighborhood internet networks" boom is filling the city up with cables,
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5203168734465178050"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/explorish/SDVeZXw3OcI/AAAAAAAAG8o/c4hnHufl7Zg/s400/IMGP4026.JPG" /></a>
Spring is on.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/explorish/SDGjS4FGkSI/AAAAAAAAG28/ka9N2g7flww/s400/IMGP4055.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/Romaniatrip/photo#5202118589276393762)