On the way, to the hotel after visiting Peleș Castlewe enjoyed a local lunch at another the legendary Cantacuzino Castle overlooking the beautiful Bucegi Mountains above the Prahova Valley in Romania.  Our tour director called this afternoon, “the Royal Treatment in Romania.”

The castle was not an ancient one. It had been built in 1911 at the direction of prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino.  The bus dropped us off close to the castle but we had to walk uphill to reach it.  Very unusually, I decided to leave my camera in the bus. I never do that.  But I was getting a bit weary of carrying my bag with the camera and a spare lens. Another sign of old age.

And there are many signs of old age.  However, I had my cell phone in my pocket and thought I could use that if necessary. So I took a couple of shots with it. Why do idiots like me drag a heavy camera when the phones do such a good job?   This worked out quite well,I thought.

We were told that this castle has been the location for a popular Netflix series called Wednesday filming of their fictional Nevermore Academy.

I such a cretin when it comes to modern culture, this didn’t mean anything at all to me, but I think some members of our group were excited by it.