Modern Mamaia

... as security dogs at rock concerts and now hear nothing. I haven´t been bıtten but am actıvely searchıng a rabies injection, ıncase the terrible rumours of rabid turkish dogs the size of elephants are true.

Over the next few days I really pushed hard with my cycling:  on the day I finally and somewhat sadly left the Carpathian mountains I peddled 170 km/106 miles.  On that day I met Sebastian, who had ...

... booking so that was our first priority. We found one fairly soon which is fairly new and not too far from the sights. Unfortunately the sights are pretty ordinary with only a few interesting buildings. Constanta has a huge port but it did not seem to be very busy. The city seems very run down and neglected and in also fairly expensive for accommodation. It is right on the ocean and there is quite a large beach (not very picturesque though) near our hotel.

... us we could actually go inside the wall and walk 360 degrees through it. So of course we did that. There are no lights, just the open windows that let in the sunlight, so it is quite dark in the walls. I thought it was pretty fun.

After Prejmer all we had to do was drive for a long, long time. We were heading to Constanta and it isn't that far (about 300km) but the roads here suck and so does the traffic so it took all afternoon to get there ...

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 ...

... na odprawe... autokar do I s t a m b u l u! Marcin mowi do mnie: "Bogna, to jest znak, my m u s i m y tam jechac!" "Ale... ale grupa, ale koszta, ale...mysmy tego nie planowali!!! I co z grupa? Zostawimy ich?!?!" - mialam metlik w glowie. Marcin popatrzyl na mnie blagalnym wzrokiem, oczy mu się jeszcze tak nie iskrzyly od kiedy go poznalam, a Zajac zamienil ten wzrok w slowa: "blagam, jedzcie z nami..." Co mialam zrobic? "Dobra, Marcin, jedziemy do Varny, bo i ...

After a few days we managed to get to Internet and bring you all up to date what we've been up to (well most of it anyway :-) ). It was unbelievably hard to get an Internet cafe with CD ROMs in this city. Roxy's home town was heaps good - it's like we are on a different planet here. From Sunday lunch time we have been on the seaside here in Romania (Black Sea). The weather has been very warm (even hot). I don't want to rub it in to all those in ...

... 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 ...

... general are very friendly, very helpful, and generally eager to practice their English. And let me just say it again: the girls here are *EXQUISITE*. I don't know what it is about this country, but it rivals, without doubt, the girls of Slovakia, and I was in heaven there. If anyone is looking for a gorgeous Eastern European hookup, you owe it to yourself to come to Romania. You wont be dissapointed =P With that...wow. Lets go home. Maybe it's time. I just don't know. Cheers.

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.