Day 50 ROMANIA Rau de Mori Retezet Mt

We were full of enthusiasm for a long hike at Fundutura Pondului. After a 45-minute driving on four-wheel drive track we could not proceed any further because the pot holes were far too deep. And we still had another three kilometers of that track to go before the start of the walk. We abandon the idea of that walk and found the Lolaia Waterfall and Magdalena Waterfall walk instead.

After the walk we went to a PUNCT gastronomic restaurant where the cook is Spanish married to a Romanian lady who blends Spanish with Romanian flavors called Arturo of Nopsca Grill Restaurant. For 95lei, about A$35 per person, we had six courses for the dinner. 3 appetizers, 1 starter, 1 main and 1 dessert. Each appetizer had 2 to 3 different tapas. We spent 4 hours at this restaurant as Arturo and his wife took us for a grand tour of their property. They showed us the veggie garden, flower garden, their home that they built brick by brick, introduced us to the daughter, chickens and ducks.
Ruby's favourite was the croquettes because it had a thin crust and a nice oozy middle. Mine was a lard spread made with paprika and garlic and a simple paella with just chicken, cabbage and spices. He said that traditional paella was only chicken and rabbit in Spain.Read more