Romanians have a saying „Don’t bring a big bag to the praised tree”. Somehow, this is exactly what I ended up doing some weeks ago, when I was off to the Apuseni Mountains. I expected to find nice people with beautiful stories and spectacular landscapes. And this is what I did find! Snow proved though to be my only enemy. Or, better said, the virtual absence of it. I dreamed of snow as far as my eye could see. All winter long, I chased the snow. And all winter long, snow seemed always to be one step ahead of me. Snow or no snow, my time in Apuseni is something to remember for many snows to come…