Monday, Aug 27: Bucharest

I spent most of the day, in fact all of the day, buying things for my big hiking trip in the Romanian mountains. The plan is to do three different ridges. The first are Retazat Mountains (spend 4 days there), the second are Fregarasi Mountains (tallest in Romania at a little over 2500m – spend about 5 days), and then another ridge called Pietrele (spend about 2 days).

I was just about to leave and in fact even made it to the train station and the train itself when I realized that the pack was simply too heavy, and the hike might become more of a torture than fun. So, I headed back home to re-think my packing and figure things out. Tomorrow I’m leaving. Hopefully there should no further delays.