Monthly Archives: June 2022

Daniil Kharms never did this

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This post is about the Bridge Of Lies in Sibiu. And about getting drunk in a cool bar whose name I forget. And about Daniil Kharms. Being sophisticated was cool but exhausting. In my case it involved considerate amounts of alcohol. And so I woke up late, had some breakfast, and did my laundry. Then […]


sophisticated

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This post is about a visit to the Sibiu International Theater Festival. I walk around in the old town and see a few installations. I was staying in a hostel in the center of Sibiu. It was located next to one bar and on top of another. There were cool and beautiful people everywhere; people […]


blessed?

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This post is about a 23km walk from the Orlat Monastery to Sibiu. The Caboose gets into her second traffic accident. In the morning I went to the chapel and lit a few candles. And then I did something I rarely ever do: I got myself some souvenirs. I didn’t have a fridge magnet of […]


the good sisters

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This post is about a 21km walk from Rod to the Orlat Monastery. I get lost in a forest and end up pitching my tent in a nun convent. I had slept well in the meadow. When I woke up it took a while to dry my things in the morning sun, and since there […]


the last uphill

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This post is about a 24km walk from Șugag to Rod. I tackle the last incline of the Carpathian mountains in the rain. The weather forecast said it was going to rain. The sky said it was going to rain. I felt tired to my bones, and I didn’t want to be out there, walking. […]


a T-Rex called Climate Change

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This post is about getting a rabies shot in Alba Julia. I take long taxi rides and watch Jurassic World Dominion, which doesn’t impress me. I had spent the evening and part of the night before drinking with another patron of the guesthouse. Nobody needed to worry about rabies, he had told me. Why was […]


…and your enemies closer

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This post is about an 18km walk from Tau Bistra to Șugag. I start off with a deep fried pancake, and I make some friends on the way. The first thing I saw was another dam. It was called Tau Bistra, and it looked pretty damn big. langos The second thing I saw was a […]


major appliances

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This post is about a 19km walk from Oașa Lake to Tau Bistra. I am still tired, but in the end I get to play with a friendly dog. This morning I felt a bit better. I had taken a shower and washed my hair. Also, the team of the guesthouse had done me the […]


Carpathian Hunger

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This post is about a 24,4km walk from Obârșia Lotrului to Oașa Lake. I walk through the woods and I listen to Darkthrone. I felt tired when I left Ninel’s guesthouse. It would have been nice to stay there for a little while longer. They had a hammock between some trees, and the food was […]


and no volcano

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This post is about getting a rabies shot in Vulcan. I am lucky to find rides with Ninel and Remus. And no, Vulcan does not have a volcano. Today was the date of my second rabies vaccination. I was deep in the mountains, and I had to somehow get to a hospital. where to get […]


tree line

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This post is about a 15km walk from the Transalpina View Point to Obârșia Lotrului. I am exhausted, but I make it down past the tree line. I woke up in the middle of the night, thinking I had heard footsteps on the gravel. There they were again! I looked outside the tent but couldn’t […]


thick slices of bread

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This post is about a 15km walk from Rânca to the Transalpina View Point. I see some snow and I hear some Hungarian. I had a tight vaccination schedule ahead of me: my next shot was going to be on June 21st. This meant that I needed to be in a place from where I […]


distance to wallet

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This post is about getting a rabies shot in Târgu Jiu. When I arrive at the hospital I realize that I forgot to take my wallet. The bites themselves weren’t bad at all. I had washed them in the bathroom of the Tara Restaurant, and when the management got wind of what had happened, they […]


dog attack

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This post is about a dog attack in Rânca. I get surrounded by a pack of feral dogs, get bitten in both legs, and use my pepper spray on them. They came for me on the afternoon of the second day. hooligans The clouds had been dark and heavy, and I had been spending my […]


come out blasting

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This post is about a 21km walk from Novaci to Rânca. I somehow manage to gain 1100 meters of altitude in one day. I had slept too little. The plan had been to go to bed early and rise early, to be well rested and make use of as many hours of sunlight as possible. […]


anxiety

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This post is about a day of anxiety in Novaci. I worry about the road through the mountains and about bears. I was so nervous. Several times within the last few weeks I had woken up in the middle of the night not knowing where I was. It always took me a little while to […]


land of a thousand wells

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This post is about a 24km walk from Mușetești to Novaci. I see wells everywhere, and I walk to the start point of the Via Transalpina. The people from the adventure park had turned out to be quite wonderful. Not only did they allow me to camp wherever I wanted to on their premises, but […]


adventure park

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This post is about a 20km walk from Turcinești to Mușetești. I take a shortcut through some water and sleep in an adventure park. Having slept during much of the afternoon of the day before and during the night, I felt better this morning. And so I packed my stuff and started walking again. There […]


I try not to poop

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This post is about a 4km walk from Rugi to Turcinești. I am really just trying to get to a place where I can lay down. Those of you who have been with me for a long time might remember my friend Paul. I haven’t talked about him since China, have I? Well, Paul was […]


pineapple pants

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This post is about a few days of wearing pineapple pants at a pool. I try to get rid of some anxiety, but the worry about the road is real. The village guesthouse was quite nice. It even had a pool. And it turned out that I was more or less the only guest, at […]