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Goto: 2008-10-03 2008-10-05 Europe

2008-10-04:

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Distance today: 36.0 km (Accumulated: 4633.0 km)
Elapsed time: 03:44:59
Country: Europe

Start 10:00am., at km-marker 68 at "Brad 36km" on Hwy.76, 2km after Varfurile.
12c, overc. and l. wind.
Finish 14:59pm. At "Pensiunea Juliana" in Brad. 18c, rain and no wind.

Heading into mountains.
Extremely beautifull as I hope you see from the pictures !
But also the absence of Sarah has an impact and sadness prevails beside the fasination of the friendliness and openness of the people here - So Much different from the tv/media preconception I had of this contry !!! If you want to make a holiday that is above the usual give Romania a try ! It requires forgetting believedfears and hassles and experiencing the world as it is - and its well worth it :-))

The scedule is:

5.10: Geoagiu, 50km.
6.10: Sebes, 41km.
7.10: Tau Bistra !, 40km.
8.10: Groapa Seaca !, 43km.
9.10: Vaineasa, 47km.
10.10: Perisani, 60km.
11.10: Curtea de Arges, 50km.
12.10: Piesti, 45km.
13.10: Gaesti, 45km.
14.10: Bucarest, 67km.
15.10: Lieana, 50km.
16.10: Vlad Tepes, 46km.
17.10: Silistra, [Bulgaria], 43km.

! = mountainpass across 1800m . Heading into the mountains of Transsylvania (home of the count Dragula myth).

I had hoped to run longer today but remorse of the nececarry decition (see rep. 2d. ago) meant that it was wiser to take a short run and use the energy to deal w. emotional things.