Traian Braila

... town.  <br><br>On my way to Bulgaria I cursed a bear of a man called, unfittingly, Mimi.  Mimi had convinced me that the coastal road to Bulgaria was quiet.  How wrong he was!  He was, however, right about a bag being full of live ducks. <br><br>I took the first opportunity to leave this road of doom, cruised south westerly and entered Bulgaria untwarted at a quiet border-crossing town which translates into English as Black Water.  <br>

... euro we were allowed to enter the country. Yeah! We found a cute restaurant in Moldova where we had a steak and fish and chips, ordered in the old fashioned way because we didn't understand the menu in Russian, and that is pointing at the plate of the neighbor ;-) That looks good, same for me please :-)<br>Before moving on to the Ukraine, I went to the toilet but couldn't find one. After asking in my best Russian, the lady showed me a garden at the back of the restaurant. Here? I ...

... a local tells us about a huge free camping area, even takes his car and leads us the way. How nice! The area is amazing, along a little river, in between mountains. Perfect Rainbow gathering spot! It is weekend, so lots of locals around for bbq &amp; campfire. We end up parking next to a Romanian family celebrating a wedding. With my newly learned Romanian words I start chatting, beers are given and before we know it, we are dancing and eating with them through the night: a ...

... at least that is what the owner said: 24 hours hot water! Not&#8230; Next morning indeed the water was warm and I felt being back in high school because of the huge, open air, bathroom with 5 showers in a row and being one of the 5 ladies who was looking forward to a hot shower&#8230;.I am getting used to not having any privacy at all ;-) <br>A Polish guy from the campsite needed a ride to the next town, so friendly as we are we took him along. Kind of boring ...

... Die machen auch fuer 100lei Ausfluege ins Delta. Wir haben fuer ein Doppelzimmer 40lei die Nacht bezahlt (fuer zwei Personen), aber die Dusche und das Klo waren ueber dem Hof und es gab kein warmes Wasser. <br>Vor Ort gibt es zwei kleine Laeden, aber keinen Bankautomaten. Die Laeden sind gegen Nachmittag ziemlich ausverkauft, ausserdem teuer. <br>Als wir dort waren, konnte man auch in ...

... 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.

... 80s I don't think it's a big deal.<br><br>We tried out a lot of the local eateries during our relaxation day and of course we spent some time in the Black Sea. The water was quite clear and cool which is a nice relief on a hot day. I saw a massive jellyfish though which kept me in the shallow area. There weren't many fish to see but it was quite noisy on the beach. I am really curious what the diving is like around here but don't see anything advertised.

... your kind words, your prayers or simply through your thoughts. At this moment, we don't know what to do next but most likely we will stay for some time with the bereaved family to support them through these difficult times. We hope to post a few photos from our last Pacific and South American adventures in the next few weeks but text will be harder to come by. Thank you again and please keep Ion in your prayers! George &amp; Luana

... went by and we boarded the bus. I was the only 'foreign' one on board, the rest were either turks or gypsies. Once the bus took off everybody lit up their cigarettes and started smoking. I couldn't wait for this trip to be over with. Had our passports checked at my first Passport Control and then we were over the border into Bulgaria.

Thursday 2 August Woken by market my room overlooked so down for breakfast at 7. Quite nice breakfast served by battle axe who didn't look happy. Back to bed then met Julia on the terrace trying to find internet cafe but too much trouble so cycled towards border with lack of signposts so had to ask. Just before border found a cafe so had another breakfast of mushroom omelette. Over border getting told off for taking a picture as Romanians checked my passport. Found a war memorial ...