Sinaia

Seventeen years ago today, Nilla and I were out travelling with train through Romania, stopping 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 we mostly walked around, drinking mineral water, and looking at Neo-Renaissance castles. Later on the same trip, we 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).