Tuesday, 11 Sep: Plaiul Foii Cabin – Bucharest

I woke up at 5:48 and then again at 6:15, when I decided it was time to really get up. While the original plan was to get a taxi to the nearest town (Zarnesti), I decided I preferred to do a bit of walking. So at 6:55 I was ready to start walking (Zarnesti is 12.5 km away). The only problem was that there was no one in the cabin to unlock the door! So I had to do what I had to do, which meant that I crawled out of the window from the cabin’s restaurant . At 7:00 sharp, I started heading towards town. A couple of vehicles along the way offered me a ride, but I enjoyed the morning walk.

I arrived to town at 9:15. Got a microbus to Brasov at 9:45 and arrived at 10:20. Then took a local bus to the train station, where I arrived at 10:35. The train to Bucharest was late and left at 12:00 instead of 11:30. Eventually I arrived to Bucharest at 15:00 – an hour late (somehow we managed to pick up another 30 minutes delay along the way). Then I got a cab and arrived to the Hotel where my parents and brother were at 15:55. Coincidently, my parents and brother (whom I have not seen in 17 and 7 months, respectively) were at the reception. I called on to them and made sure to have my camera ready for them once they turned. It was a rather nice photo.