Seven stairs

A few days ago, some of us decided that we wanted to not be lazy anymore and since we are in the carpathians, that it would be a good idea to check out the mountains. So we asked Dani for help on how to get to 7 stairs, and off we went at 11:30am on a bus to the mountain. I discovered this was where we took the hospice kids for our barbeque, but I had never walked around there.  So we began our way up the trail, being told it would take us an hour and a half to get to seven stairs.

Along the way, we found the little waterfall area, so Brittany and I decided it was a good photo opp.

Almost exactly on time, we arrived at the ladders. We stopped for a picnic near some 11 year olds memorial cross, which made us feel really safe. We all traded sandwiches like fourth graders in the cafeteria and sat and  chatted for a while. The ladders, that started here went through a gorge canyon thing. There was a line for the ladders, and we felt a little unsure about the safety and stability of the ladders, but we all decided that we would feel like fails if we got up there and didn't get to climb the ladders. And if so many people had gone already, it had to be somewhat stable. So on we went. The following picture is hannah and my feet on one of the little balcony walks above the first ladder. About every 3rd plank was missing. SUPER SAFE.

There was one ladder that was about 12 meters high. It was only bolted at the top and the bottom. It shook a lot! Here is Olga and Matt on the ladder.

So once we got to the top of these super safe ladders, we couldn't figure out how to get down. We sat and took a chocolate cake and cookie break. The we saw some guys and asked them where to go. They seemed nice and Romanian, and spoke some really good english, so we started up hill with them. We realized about 40 minutes in that they were going all the way up before down, so Hannah and Matt headed back down, and Brittany, Olga and I went with the bro's up the mountain. It was a LONG hike, 7 hours of walking total, but it was totally worth it. Here is us with a donkey at the top!

And here was the lovely view on top of the first mountain I climbed to the top of!

So once at the top, we left the Bro's and headed down the mountain the three of us. We found a good, safe trail that only took us under two hours to get all the way down on! We met up with Hannah and Matt at the creek, ate some cookies, stuck our feet in the water, then called cabs to get home. And by home, we went to the restaurant to eat our weights. Hung out there and ate some good Romanian food for a while, then went home to shower and have a super good night sleep! It was an excellent, safe and wonderful day!

Today was souvenir shopping and carrefour shopping, so quiet day! And then back to work tomorrow for my last week!

te iubesc,

Alyssa