Far East Cynic

The Carpathian Mountains

Splits Romania into two distinct regions. North and West of them-you are in Transylvania. Go South and East or West-you are in a flat region that resembles Kansas.

But in the moutains-one can forget the noisy bustle of Bucharest, and also the heat of that city. Thus when I went to Sinaia during this last trip-I took some pictures:

The view from the top of our 1800 meter climb:

Because it was so much cooler up here-King Carol I built a castle here: Peles.

You can see the rest of the moutain pictures here