Astoria Constanta

<br>In Miercurea C&#305;uc I ate p&#305;zza and promptly fell ill.  After 24 hours of intense bodily functions &#304; was freed from the W.C.  On my way out of town I stopped in at a bike shop and met Jolt, who out of pure k&#305;ndness gave my traumatized-tarmac trundler an overhaul, lent me his internet, supplied me w&#305;th beer and put me up in a shed behind the shop where &#304; slept like a log on an old wooden horse carriage. A great ...

12th June<br><br>Golden Sands (Bulgaria) to Constanta (Romania)<br><br>Sunny periods 29 degrees<br><br>We left Golden Sands and travelled north to Constanta. The drive was fairly easy as we passed huge fields of barley, corn and sunflower (must be stunning when flowering). We also passed some new wind farms. We crossed the border with a little difficulty as they scrutinised our car paperwork but finally let us continue. We arrived in Constanta without a ...

Ally and I had a very busy day yesterday and fortunately it ended at the Black Sea, so today we have a day of relaxing.<br><br>We started off yesterday seeing the sights in Brasov we couldn't see on Monday because of the holiday. First was the Black Church, so named because the exterior walls are black from a fire. The interior has lots of collections of church artifacts, mainly rugs, tapestries, and pew boxes.<br><br>After the Black Church we were ready ...

Finally got to the bus station, got onto a sleek looking mini bus and off we went. Unfortunately the windows were mostly fogged up, still being early so didnt get a lot of pics on the way. About 2.5 hours later we arrived at Constanta, the seaport of Romania. I had planned to stay here a night, but i didn't like the look fo the people ...

Woke early Saturday to catch an early train to the Black Sea resorts in Constanta. You have to catch an early train this time of year coz the trains are 40 years old and have no AC, so in the afternoon they are brutal. Met up with some friends and went out on the town. Notthing too exciting to report...good food and a good time, but I was too tired and heated to really ...

POLSKI: Do Constanzy przybylismy po 16tej, ale ostatnie osoby - Zajac i Szeryf, dojechali dopiero po 19tej. Siedzielismy w ruinach i gadalismy, czekajac na nich. Gdy wreszcie dotarli, pojechalismy do Mamai (miejscowosci na obrzezach Constanzy) na nocleg. W autobusie miejskim kieszonkowcy probowali okrasc Zete, ale dzieki Arkowi, ktory zauwazyl, jak juz wkladali reke do torby, nie udalo im sie. Byli na tyle cwani, ze gdy podnieslismy alarm, probowali z nas zrobic ...

... especially Canberra). :-) We are both tanned after only a couple of days here (and yes we have been using sun protection). The beaches are sandy and really packed. I took some photos early in the morning and there were already a lot of people. Around lunch time you cannot find a spot to sit on the beach. It was good to have Roxy as she knew all these tricks. On Sunday night we went to one of the resort areas called "Neptune" where they have ...

... they just started to follow him. We were led down a side street where we heard the sound of a police car siren pull up and 4 plain clothes police told us to get away from that man, that he was dangerous. We walked away caught the bus and proceeded to Mamaia resort (about 45 mins away). We were told the bus would stop there for 10 mins and then return to town. We strolled around and who did we bump into?, the same guy who ...

... by the language here. How the hell does a Romance language survive in an isolated country, when the next nearest Romance language speaking country is all the way on the other side of Europe...it's an interesting prospect to say the least. I have to say, standing on the beach of the Black Sea was a soul-stirring experience. Looking out in the endless sea, knowing that on the other side starts the lands of the "Stan's"...and that after that Asia...wow. It's difficult to ...

Well, there isn't much to say about Romania. There also wasn't much for us to do. So what we did end up doing is just headed to the beach on the Black Sea, and snap a photo or two. Constanta was kinda odd, it seemed like it was trying to fit into the rest of Europe, but wasn't doing too good of a job at it.