Having spent a day in Bran and experienced just about as much Vampire-culture as I could manage, I decided to get away for a day and head to the hills. A couple of miles from Bran is a small village called Simon and onwards beyond this the Bucegi mountains.

Bucegi Mountains

It was a rather aimless wander (I'm getting quite good at these). I spent almost 9 hours walking around the mountains and although I was still having a little trouble with a sore foot managed to cover just over 20 miles. Well worth the effort, the views were superb and I saw almost nobody up there - a big difference from the day before in Bran.

The only downside of such a long walk was the fact that my 'bed' in Bran was only a 2-seater sofa and not long enough to stretch out on to rest my tired legs.