Wyatt in Sinaia
A Daily Photo Essay of
My Journey
This story is going to take
two days to tell because it was going to be a simple day
traveling to the mountains and it turned out to be the
adventure of our lives. Let me say at the onset, we were
never in any physical danger and everything worked out in
the end.
After working hard for the week, the 7 teachers (myself
included) decided to take a train up to Bust an and hike in
the mountains. Our troubles began early. We met at the train
station at 8 in the morning and found out that our 8:30
train was booked solid so we had to hang out until the next
one until 9:30. Getting on the train, we were joined by
Bogdan, a Romanian who is working with Albert and Lavinia in
the church plant.
When we got to Bustan, it was raining very hard. We went to
a store so one of our teachers could buy a coat for the day.
We then slowly strolled up to the cable-car station stopping
along the way to eat some sweet-bread and use a bathroom. We
got to the top of the mountain at around 12:30 and spent
some time looking at the interesting rock formations at the
top. These formations are said to had been carved and used
by the druids many centuries ago. The one pictured here is
called The Sphinx.
Around 1:00, we went into a lodge to eat some of the best
Chorba I've ever had. Around 2:00, we headed off on our hike
toward a giant metal cross that overlooks the valley that
Bustan and Sania are in. The hike was a little difficult in
some places but we made it there by 3:30. We stayed for 30
minutes and then headed back. When we got to the cable-car
station, there was a sign on the door that said that the
last tram car left at 3:00. We had forgotten to check on
this little detail. I wasn't worried until Bogdan caught up
and said that we were stuck. There would be NO car down the
mountain until 9 the next morning.
At over 1000 meters in the air, no ride to the bottom of the
mountain, and no tents or sleeping bag, we were potential
trouble. This was one twist in the day we were not prepared
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