Day 26 & 27 ROMANIA Brasov

Yesterday's drive to Brasov was very scenic and we stopped on the way to do a 7km hike. Our first sign at the start of the hike was beware of bears and what to do if we saw one. What did frighten us on the hike wasn't a bear but a wild dog who decided that he wanted to accompany us on the hike. He ran back and forth almost beckoning us to follow him. Never barked or growled at us, however, being wild, we were still unsure should he turn vicious.
Being frightened by the dog, we got to the waterfall and didn't realise that it had frozen over. We wondered why the hike description said that there was a Howling Waterfall but not a trickle of water was heard and because the mountain was covered in snow, we thought it was just snow.
The other eventful thing was that we hiked most of the way in snow fall. That was magical. Due to the troublesome dog our hike was shortened to 3.93km.
We had every intention to attend midnight mass but our attempt to get to midnight mass failed as it was freezing and we weren't sure if parking was going to be an issue. Mainly because it was freezing.
Today we spent the day in Brasov town. There was supposed to be a big Easter fair but it turned out to be only a little better than our 3 stalls fair in Bucharest. There were at least 20 stalls mainly selling cheeses, sausages and palinca(spirits). We also visited The Black Church and were pleasantly surprised by a young girl coming up to us to give us a guided tour of the church for free. She was very enthusiastic and informative. There were 5 pipe organs kept there for preservation and the biggest pipe organ had more than 3900 pipes that hasn't needed repair since 1836.Read more