This year we started early in June with a weekend at the seaside in beautiful Vama Veche. This year's first seaside trip was one to remember. Two others followed in Vama Veche and Mamaia (something very new for me). My conclusion would be that, no matter what, Vama Veche remains my first option for a holiday by the seaside in Romania. It is not as it used to be, and you can see the changes as the years pass, but it still is the place where you can spend your whole night on the beach and see the sunrise while listening to Bolero, the place where you can take a swim naked during sunrise, the place where you can put your tent in an old lady's garden and enjoy the shadow of her orchard...and many more small things that make this place so big.
We also had our share of mountains that started with the trip to Bran. Unfortunately this year we did not take so many mountain trips as we wanted. Still we did breath the fresh air...we drove on both Romania's highest altitude roads: Transfagarasan (2,034 metres altitude) and Transalpina (2,145 meters altitude). We took the roads on our way to Sibiu and back. After experiencing both roads, I recommend Transalpina for its beautiful peak views, but they are both spectacular and worth taking.
Sibiu equals ArtMania now. A super festival I love, and felt in love with even more this year, after a great Lacrimosa concert in pouring rain. This is definitely a festival I will visit for a third year in a row in 2014. The city, the people and the bands are worth 1 million concerts in Bucharest.
The other small things that made my summer are the Rammstein concert in Bucharest, all the cats I fostered, taking care of my own cats while my parent's were on holiday, spending some time with my sister and helping her save some newly born abandoned puppies....and the joy brought by the people around me :)