May 24 - Serenity, Leisure, and Diversion

Early start with little sleep... Rough.

Peles Castle

Absolutely magnificent! Inside is now a museum and we got a tour... No photos inside however unless you pay 35 lei per camera taking pictures. A professor paid for his high-quality Canon to be used and I ended up as the photographer. I hope I did okay. It was hard keeping up especially due to the fact they had secret doors and passageways that they utilized for the tourists so it was essential to keep up! I'm confident I did my best despite legitimately getting lost after they had gone through a secret opening camouflaged in the wall. Only catching up to them after I had walked the entire tour a second time since I had become disoriented and turned around. They were finished and waiting for me outside...

Back to Elena's cottage for lunch.

I'm cooking chicken parmesan with carbonara sauce. Let's go!

Bear hide

We met up with a couple local wildlife researchers that took us up a canyon to a bear hide. This was such an exciting experience! The guides told us that they had never seen this many bears in a single season, let alone in a single sitting! Maybe they could smell the chicken pasta...

Back to Elena's cottage to sleep!