From 4ecad22ca2ede69b368ad2ed4820a6ad4e42c3cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucian Mogosanu Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 00:16:34 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Sinaia draft --- drafts/000-sinaia.markdown | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 147 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drafts/000-sinaia.markdown diff --git a/drafts/000-sinaia.markdown b/drafts/000-sinaia.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..928de19 --- /dev/null +++ b/drafts/000-sinaia.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +--- +postid: 000 +title: Sinaia +date: April 8, 2019 +author: Lucian Mogoșanu +tags: in-the-flesh +--- + +[Seeing][copenhagen] [as how][heraklion] [the story][kronstadt] +[never][klausenburg] [ends][hermannstadt], last Saturday, or rather +sometime late Friday, ye olde spirit of mountaineering woke up in yours +truly and sent him slightly to the north, in the valley of Prahova, in a +very small town called Sinaia[^1]. At this point the reader might (or +might not) wonder why this one and not [the other one][azuga]: leaving +aside the fact that Sinaia's *not quite* the backwater shithole that +Azuga is, it's also slightly closer, i.e. just a one hour and a half +train ride from the shithole that yours truly was running away from. So +there I am, at 8 [sorta waking up][btcbase-1907055] while still on the +train, and at 8:30 in the train station, where[^2]: + +TODO: 20190406_083410 + +Ya know! Anyway, moving on: + +TODO: 20190406_083506 + +I insisted on going back to the platform to take a shot of these fucking +liars who kept on polluting my eyes with their shitty ads, moreso that +the ads kept on going from the train station all the way to the place in +question. Now, dear owners of Ramayana Cafe -- if you're reading this, +then: + +*Remember, remember, the 19th of September +When we went where "non-stop" was exposed; +For a mug of your amber and perchance a warm ember, +Yet alas, your bodega was closed.* + +Motherfuckers! + +TODO: 20190406_084204 + +Pictured above: a mountain with the sunlight still behind it. Below it, +the entrance to Hotel Caraiman, facing Sinaia's central park. To the +left there was a dude who was taking his beagle for a walk, the poor dog +barking in a very hoarse voice. + +TODO: 20190406_090049 + +TODO: 20190406_094736 -- Peleș + +TODO: 20190406_095351 -- mountain shots + +TODO: 20190406_095612 + +Above, a shot of Peleș, followed by photos taken from the terrace of +Restaurant Regal. We didn't visit the castle -- not this time. It was +crowded, like the last time we went there, and after previous +experiences of being literally given a hasty run through the castle +chambers, we passed. Instead, we went to the Pelișor -- "the little +Peleș", if you will -- where we got to see and appreciate the stuff of +kings and queens at our own pace, without pretend-guides reciting their +little chant. Below, the reader can admire a photo of the house in +question. + +TODO: 20190406_112656 + +TODO: 20190406_113105 + +Above, a waterfall and... stuff. What, even horse is artist! Anyway, +moving on: + +TODO: 20190406_114131 + +This was my first shot of the mountains for the day -- just look at the +beauty of that snow! I'd wanted to take an earlier shot from a nice spot +near Pelișor, but a gendarme came to tell me access was forbidden, +because... I don't know, it's not like his masters are stealing money +from my bag to pay his welfare or something. Anyway, this was also how +we found out that access to castle Foișor is forbidden to us +plebs. Gotta stop bein' a pleb, I guess. + +On the way back downtown, we stumbled upon: + +TODO: 20190406_120347 + +For the record, in Romanian, "peleu" is yet another way to say "pulă", +i.e. cock. Now take a look at this one: + +TODO: 20190406_120824 + +TODO: 20190406_120841 + +I wonder where they keep the other 89 pieces. + +TODO: 20190406_142553 + +TODO: 20190406_142559 + +Did you know that Sinaia was the first town in ye olde Romanian kingdom +to get electric public lighting? Meanwhile, in the park, a pretty lame +statuette near a tree: + +TODO: 20190406_142712 + +Meanwhile, outside the park, a sign: + +TODO: 20190406_150203 + +which must have some meaning. Meanwhile! very near the train station: + +TODO: 20190406_154230 + +TODO: 20190406_154250 + +which translates word by word to: maximum *quickness*, 60 km per hour. + +We then went to the Știrbey Castle, nowadays known as the Sinaia Museum, +which, leaving aside the very rude orcs selling tickets at the entrance, +was actually pretty cool! Although it can still use some work, this one +has none of the contextless crap I've seen in [Sibiu][altemberger], +giving one a few basic references to use when they're interested in +learning about the town's history. + +Besides, the rude orcs allowed me to take as many photos as I liked, +which didn't do much for me, except that "temporary exhibition" they had +where they filled four walls with documents dating back to the earliest +XXth century, e.g.: + +TODO: transcription of 20190406_171217 + +I'm not gonna post the photos here, but if there's anyone interested in +going through the pain of transcribing the texts -- mind you me, same of +the photos are out of focus -- then drop me a line! + +[^1]: The reference to mount Sinai must be obvious to the trained eye. + +[^2]: The same place where also, say, [Duca][duca] was assassinated. + +[copenhagen]: /posts/y05/07a-copenhagen.html +[heraklion]: /posts/y05/07b-heraklion.html +[kronstadt]: /posts/y05/07c-kronstadt.html +[klausenburg]: /posts/y05/07d-klausenburg.html +[hermannstadt]: /posts/y05/07e-hermannstadt-ii.html +[azuga]: /posts/y04/06b-dining-in-troglodyte-lands.html +[btcbase-1907055]: http://btcbase.org/log/2019-04-06#1907055 +[duca]: http://trilema.com/2011/trei-exemple-si-o-concluzie/#comment-39254 +[altemberger]: /posts/y05/07d-klausenburg.html#selection-341.0-345.567 -- 1.7.10.4