Sinaia

Seventeen years ago today, I was out travelling with train through Romania, stopping by in Sinaia, a centre for hiking and winter sports in the Bucegi Natural Park. At the time, trail running did not exist in my universe, so I mostly walked around, drinking mineral water, and looking at Neo-Renaissance castles. Later on the same trip, I would go on to explore abandoned spa towns from the Habsburg era and the painted monasteries of Southern Bucovina (which are now on the UNESCO World Heritage List).