Busteni adventures 2

What a day, again.

We figured that the e-mail from Alex was not correct...So we're having quite some stress again, rebooking flights, booking a hotel, money issues...

We decided to go for a stroll and landed at the climbing structure. Located in a ski-resort. There we spoke to some people who told us the competition would be on February 5 and 6 and not on February 4 and 5 as Alex told us.

See here the e-mail:

"We would like you to know that the competition in Busteni will be held

between 4 - 5 February 2011 (Friday & Saturday). Registration will start Thursday 3 February 2011.  Please consult Competition Program for other clarifications.  There where some differences between the program on UIAA Website (5-6  February) and Competition Website (4-6 February), that's why we want to  clarify this situation.  Best regards, Alexandru Paun IWC Busteni Organization Team" 

So we re-booked our ticket and thought it would be fine. But now we figured, on the day of our departure we'd have to climb the semi-finals and maybe the finals! Ridiculous unprofessional planning here...

We decided to loosen up a bit an visit the Count Dracula castle in a nearby town. We took a good offer for a taxi, with the taxi driver waiting for us in the town to bring us back again. And walked around in the castle belonging to the Dracula myth. (See pictures) But Dracula, turned out to be just a myth. Just a tourist attraction. We tried to check the teeth of the man in the castle, all looked normal, not spiky...

For our myth-Dracula visit we drove 42 km to the town of Bran. On the way you see the harsh, hard differences between our Europe and this Europe. Poverty, street dogs, bad roads, crappy houses, farmers with horses, men stealing branches for house-heating, and a Dacia car crash...

Back again we were tired, ready for some food, sleep and rest. Soon we'll head for 'city centre' and see what food Romania has to offer. 

...With Tim, our coach still working for us to get different tickets and solve the thing... 

Wild bear detection counter for today: n0 bears spotted...