The Red Lake – Bobsleigh Track

 This is my second day in the Red Lake region, and all I have to say is... I love the Székely people and their lifestyle! Some people might tell you that they are just Hungarians, but they are completely different. They are littery the 180° of Hungarians!

Anyways, I started my day by waking up and going to the kitchen from the pension I'm staying at. The food was really good compared to other places I stayed at in the past, and the staff is really friendly. After I ate the food, I got to the bobsleigh track from the Red Lake. It is approximately 950 meters bobsleigh track, it isn't long but it gets the job done. It was so nice of the staff there for letting me film the entire track with my Insta360, also I was thinking of putting the whole track on Street View. Which I'll 100% do!

The mountains as seen from the Bicaz Gorges.

After I used the 3 out of 5 rounds, I've decided to go to Cheile Bicazului (English: The Bicaz Gorges). There I also used my Insta360 to film a bit of the route!

After that I was pretty hungry, so I stopped at a mini restaurant at the side of the road. The food was as mid as it could get, but at least it satisfied my hunger. On the road, I also saw some shops, but because the parking situation wasn't the best, I walked until there! It was like a mini adventure, trying not to get hit by a car and seeing beautiful scenery.

The Ceaușescu mug.

Once I got to the shops I saw everything from the weirdest things to the coolest things to ever exist. Like this little mug with Ceaușescu splattered on it, which I end up buying. Then I walked all the way back to the car, to get back to the Red Lake.

The Red Lake as seen from the balcony.

As I arrived at the Red Lake there was a walk path right by the lake's edge, on which I walked for a good while. As I walked, I saw a little balcony with a view of the lake. I took some pictures and then went to a restaurant to drink something because I was really thirsty.

The Bicaz River close to the Red Lake.

But first, I explored the area by the lake and found some ducks. After visiting the ducks, I walked to the restaurant, and I ended up ordering an ice cream too besides water. You know, just to end the day nicely!

Then I got back to the pension and played some Rummy, because outside there was a thunderstorm.

Once the storm ended I walked outside and ended up seeing a fox just roaming around the pension. Could this be a sign? Probably!

The Red Lake – First day

This is the first post in a series documenting my trip in the Red Lake region from Romania.

The posts in this series are marked with the tag "Red Lake Trip".

The journey started at home. Packing things up and preparing for the trip. Then I got on the A1 highway, where after getting in the Hunedoara county, right after entering the Alba county. I made a break for around an hour and a half, during which I slept cause I was tired from waking up at 6:30 AM instead of waking up at 9 – 10 AM.

After I woke up, I got back on the highway. Where I entered the A10 highway to go to the A3 highway which brought me closer to the destination without using national roads or county ones.

The landscape as viewed form the pension.

But eventually the highway ended. I was forced to use the national roads, but at least the view was awesome! I'm talking about hills and mountains, and also lakes... Sadly I don't have any pictures from the road, but at least I have some from my walk after I registered at the pension, so I'm gonna add some here! Even though I don't have photos from the road, the view from my walk was very similar.

Once I got at the Red Lake, I stopped to a restaurant. I got a steak hamburger, which was really good! I recommend going to this restaurant 100%, even though the food was about 53 RON (~10 Euros), I still recommend checking them out!

A picture with some local houses.

After eating, I got to the pension I was tired, but not tired enough. So, I've taken a walk until I got to the entrance of a village name Trei Fântâni (English: Tree Fountains), the walk until there was beautiful! Lots of beautiful sinecry, lots of beautiful and small houses... Everything was like I was in Switzerland or any other country known for it's mountains.

The Bicăhel River.

During my walk, I've also found a tiny little fountain. The water was extremely cold, but at least it tasted good! After drinking some water, I've walked for about 500 meters and got to the entrance of Trei Fântâni (English: Tree Fountains). Also when I came back to the pension, I stumbled across a river, the Bicăhel River.

And that's it for this day! See you in the next post!

By the way, I made this post in a new format that I've talked about more in detail in this post.

Tell me if you liked it or not in the comments bellow or send email me at businessiulian@gmail.com!

I've decided to do some changes to the blog

Since I started this blog all the way back in November 2023, I've never posted a post with an image. I did that to make this blog look as close as it can to a 2000s blog. But that will change today!

I realized that putting little icons and images in a block of text, really changes the mood of it and it adds to a enjoyment of reading.

I think that more blogs and websites in general should do the same.

If you're opposed to this decision, please tell me in the comments or send me an email at businessiulian@gmail.com.