BL #35: Drive a Giant Red Jelly Bean

Europe » Romania
August 6th 2014

Published: September 30th 2017

Geo: 45.3733, 24.6319Romania's Transfăgărășan - called the "World's best driving road" by none other than Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame, it can be one of the highlights of any visit here. It's the second-highest road in Romania, winding through the Southern Carpathian Mountains like a serpent's twisted body, complete with hairpin turns, S-curves, a... Read Full Entry

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another view from One Tree Hill

Tough Beef ...

... our hotel in Lake Vidraru was a bit isolated, and we didn't want to drive around the tight and twisty roads in the dark, given the state of the road. So we decided to eat at the restaurant, which had some mixed reviews on TripAdvisor - some claimed that the food was fantastic, while others called it inedible. It was somewhere in between.

rainbow

Traditional Potatoes ...

... by far the highlight of dinner, with bacon, onions, and peppers.

sunset over bay

Stew With Pork, Sausage, and Polenta ...

... and topped with a fried egg - it tasted pretty good, but was barely room temperature. I should've stopped eating it, because the next day I had some flashbacks to Phuket (i.e. stomach troubles).

Kawakawa Bay

another sunset picture

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BL #35: Drive a Giant Red Jelly Bean

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