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The Kindness of Strangers
... and then mail it from there to Canada. My mind was struggling with the thought of mailing something to Istvan (he was the only one I could have contacted) and guaranteeing that it arrived before either of us had to leave for North America, and then having to mail it again. The Postal worker looked up costs, and her announcement that it would cost me all told around $200 Canadian, was what decided me to let go of that idea.
I got out of the way, and the ...
Walk along the wall - Part 2
... myself some credit for climbing as far as I did, and for at least trying. I had a hard time getting back down the stairs as I had to look down, but managed.
I took the path down the hill and ended up at another tower with a great view of both the Lover's Walk and the Black Church. After taking many more pictures, I made my way down to the Town Square. I had decided as it was getting late, that I would leave the rest of the wall ...
A single act of kindness
... including an amazing night out with two Canadians, two Australians, a French couple, a very sweet German guy, a random Romanian from over the road from the hostel, a guy from Yorkshire who sounded like he was putting on a fake prep school accent and the best/worst dancing I have ever seen from middle-aged Romanian men!) but I don't want to be on here for long so I'll just talk about the nicest guy in the world.
We met ...
Dictators and Ruins
... Korea's Kim Il-sung - he wanted a much bigger and more lavish building, one that would be constructed from Romanian resources. The palace features [literally] tons of marble, crystal, and wood, gathered largely from Transylvania and is designed in a late-Neoclassical style, claiming the impressive distinction of being the second-largest building in the world, after the Pentagon. Our tour guide (whose snazzy red flats/lavender sweater combo was ...
Brasov
... the temperature can change; 15 degrees in the space of 10 minutes isn’t unheard of. It’s as if you’re driving through individual ecosystems, each with their own microclimate. Anyway, we get out of the car and it is C-O-L-D.
We’re in downtown Braşov and I love it already. V’s friends (the ones from dinner the other night) told us we would love it and encouraged us to think about getting an apartment ...



