Transylvania part 2 and reunions in Budapest
Spring has arrived! 馃尭 The sun is out, temperatures are rising, and nature is slowly but surely waking up—to our greatest delight 馃尀. It actually inspired us to do a bit of decorating in the van. J茅r么me named her Rosalie. He talks to her every day and, so far, she’s proving to be a very good travel companion 馃槉. So it was in this springtime atmosphere that we continued our exploration of Transylvania, stopping in charming towns and villages, going on a few hikes, and visiting several sites—including one that’s quite out of the ordinary: the Turda Salt Mine (Salina Turda). It’s a former salt mine that was exploited from the Middle Ages until 1932. There are several salt deposits in the region, believed to have formed 13.5 million years ago when the area was covered by a shallow sea in a tropical climate. In Turda, the salt layer can reach a thickness of up to 1,200 meters 馃槻. Over the centuries, people kept digging and digging to extract this precious resource, creating an impressi...