1. We get up in high spirits, have a delicious breakfast and an enlivening conversation with a super nice waitress, who turns out to be Romanian and living here for 3 years now. Elena gives us some tips about nearby sights.2. We send out some postcards and by a weird coincidence I take mine from the stand and post them (the miniature post office is part of the souvenir store) without paying for them (just for the stamps), which I realize later on. Ha! See if they...

...we wake up to some beautiful sunrise views. We also have a very big breakfast which seems to give me stomach problems....we take the scenic 17 mile loop drive following droves of Japanese tourists in minibuses. Viewsare truly otherworldly and the whole area is surrounded by an air of mystique and ethereal beauty. God, did I really write those words? You have to come here and see this! Attention the road is rough at times....we find a middle of nowhere gas stat...