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As I was making the final preparations for our weekend escape across the Fagaras mountains I began thinking about our top of the mountain intermediate destination, Balea Lac, semantically.
I thought "Balea Lac" (EN: lake), so there's water, so there might be room for some water sports, so let's pack some gear. This is how I found myself on top of the mountain prepared to do the deed in the video below.
You can see what the depths of the lake look like. Not much in terms of plant life and no discernible animal life, a fair amount of trash though.
As I was making a swim for it one of the people from the chalet came outside to let me know that the lake is in a protected area and that I'm liable to pay a fine for swimming in a protected wildlife reserve. However, I'm told that he actually came outside and just sat there for more than a minute, astonished at the fact that there actually was somebody snorkeling in the freezing waters of the lake.
The words "unde te trezesti, bai nene!" were his official reaction. I eventually got away without any fine or any other kind of trouble. The astonishment (awe) factor probably helped.
The background music is Debussy's Claire de la Lune.
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