The Urban Jungle (Limp with me)

I have been recovering from a knee injury a few days ago and it seemed to me that a walk through the Botanical Garden in Bucharest might do some good. Turned out it was too much walking after all, not too mention that all the bending and crouching to get a good picture is a bit hard on the knees! Oh, well...a steemian's got to do what a steemian's got to do!

The nice thing about this place is that it's rarely crowded, probably because there's not much to do but walk or maybe sit under a tree and read, but who has time to waste on that anymore? Just nature – in the middle of the city!
Too much nature for some – like my son, not much of an outdoor guy, so he kept complaining we're probably lost in the middle of this 'jungle'!

Young boy lost in the jungle!

Oh, no, he found us!

Being quite a big garden, once you're inside you don't hear the busy traffic outside, nobody's rushing anywhere – you get the feeling you've been teleported somewhere else.

The frantic rhythms of the world left behind, we can take it slow – like this little turtle colony enjoying the sun on the pond. I did appreciate that as later on in a different part of the garden I found another turtle – swimming. Imagine trying to take a picture of a turtle swimming away in murky water!

They even had a souvenirs stand, but there's no way I was going to pay almost $20 for a little pot, no matter how cute!

After limping home, we're back in the asphalt jungle, which we consider our safe space - with our computers and our beloved wi-fi! All's well in the world again!

Thanks for reading!