Next thing Friday -- After picking up a few things to snack on (well, maybe more than a few! :-) ), we were headed off to Sinaia to see Peles Castle. What a treat to have the opportunity to do this! I would never be able to do something like this myself, but thanks to the kind invitation of Bethany and the expert driving of a Dutch friend (Jannes), we were off and running! Sinaia is approx. a 3 hour drive from Targu Mures, if I remember correctly. Oh and what a drive! I was sitting in the back seat occasionally doing some of my own braking, and I think I only screamed once. Almost the entire way is a two lane road with traffic coming directly at you whenever you pass. The only really scary part is through the mountains where it is nothing but one hairpin turn after another. Whew! I've always been very thankful that I don't get motion sickness, and I was especially thankful this time that I don't!...After much driving, we arrived only to find that we were a few minutes too late to get into the Castle. As luck would have it, a very nice security guard gave us a private tour of the outer grounds but could not allow us into the Castle. The good side of this is that I will now definitely have an excuse to go back again! Seriously though, what a beautiful, peaceful place. And the setting is incredible. I'm not sure that I realized previously that Romania had a King and Queen. So we know their King and Queen definitely had good taste when they built this place!
I really enjoyed this and hope I will see the inside on a future visit...Time to head back to Targu Mures. What a nice day though to see some of the most beautiful scenery in Romania. Also had a chance to see some of Brasov.
