© Jürgen Sauer

"For the rest of the afternoon we romp through the forests and meadows of the slopes, finding lots of mushrooms, stunning iridescent slugs (forest keelback slugs—Bielzia coerulans), an isolated log cabin, a couple of grizzled yet dignified men, and spectacular views of rugged green-brown hills and jagged snowspeckled mountains that seem to stretch forever."

— page 168, Into the Carpathians, Part 1
© Alan E. Sparks