Statiunea Izvoare
Travel Blogs from Baia Mare
Vadu Izei
... Me (guessing): No, Australia Woodcarver: drags me over to show me a wood branch - apparently is soon to become a didgeridoo Last stop was at a covent, seeing an old wooden church from the 16th century, and some locals showing how NOT to tile a roof - carrying a chainsaw while balancing precariously, wearing jeans, and no scaffolding or harness! Came home, ate, drank wine. That is all ...
Wooden churches and more wonderful countryside
... with various staff, which end of the train car 21 is liable to be, which way the actual train is going, as the one going to Bratislava was heading east, and it looked like our train was going to be doing the same thing, which we thought was a bit strange. Our train turned up from the East, which was reassuring. We were quite close to it, trying to read carriage numbers, and Dianne sees a sleeping car as it goes past, so we hurry forward to get to it, dragging our ...
Why I love Romania…Explained
... nothing about anything.
Lotsy and Zu…two of the calmest people I know here. Zu has an amazing ability to cook the best goulash I have ever eaten every single time she makes it. And Lotsy constantly entertains me with the most amazing conversations. Out of nowhere I find we enter conversations that I didn’t think possible, he sees things differently and always has a calming effect on me. Our discussions about language, education, governments and travel are ...
NYE wouldn’t be complete without it…
... not something I am wanting to leave. Unsure of the consequences and not really wanting to test the Romanian government I must leave on the 19th of January. Saying good bye to most of my friends will be very hard, however this time round honestly the hardest thing to say goodbye to will be my beautiful and often incredibly stupid dog, Mia. Now around 6 months old and weighing slightly more than 35kilos she is the one I least wish to leave behind. Often ...
Mountain mayhem
... i noticed it was pretty limp and had started to soak up water from the edges. I was even more worried when i noticed that my customs form (which was on a piece of the worst paper imaginable, like newspaper) had turned see through it was so wet. This is not a problem you would think, however i had a conversation in L'viv and found out that if you loose your customs form your in for an interesting crossing and a large fine as they really don't like it (luckily i kept mine but no one ...