Triumph Braila

<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 ...

... to ask her but she left already. There was a small shed in the back of the garden and coming closer I realized that was it...many flies, a horrible smell and a black hole...Thank you very much.<br> <br>Entering Ukraine was relatively easy as well. Showing all papers again to different people, smile and here we go again :-)<br>Roads are really bad in the Ukraine. They look more like the landscape of the moon than to a road but we manage and of course now we know the way in the backyards ...

... Saturday night out in nature ;-)<br><br>The area is known for bears roaming around. Lots of signs to warn people, as just before it had been in the news that 2 people were attacked and killed. The next morning the neighbors find their watermelon spilt and I see a huge garbage container thrown over: Bears??!!<br><br>On our way to the next highlight: The Danube Delta. This is a huge area bordering Ukraine, where the Donau meets the Black Sea. It is the 3rd largest Delta network ...

... as he slept almost the whole time in a very attractive position, see picture. We had our laugh that&#8217;s for sure! On the way to our next stop we visited a salt mine and Dracula&#8217;s town Sighisoara. It was a long distance to the mountains where we wanted to camp, we were tired, it was getting dark and we couldn&#8217;t find any place to camp. This was the first time that we had to search in the dark and that&#8217;s not easy in these small towns. Suddenly I saw ...

... Restaurant vor Ort nichts essen, unsere Fischerfamilie bot weder Fruehstueck noch sonst Essen an - also blieb uns nur Brot und Kaese.<br>Das Delta ist sehr schoen und absolut sehenswert. Allerdings haben wir die Pelikankollonie nicht gesehen, aber immerhin drei - vielleicht sind ja drei auch schon eine Kollonie?<br>Abends gibt es dort sehr, sehr viele Muecken und Autan hilft nicht wirklich ....

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 ...

Dear friends, After a few days of intense suffering, Luana's father passed away on March 1st. While relieved to have gotten a chance to see him before the end, we are nevertheless shocked and confused by this sudden change of fortune. Ion was a kind, jolly and witty kind of person and both of us were very close to him. He will be greatly missed by the family and his many friends. We wanted to thank all of you who have been close to us ...

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 ...

... then cycled down river valley passing some kind of situation between peasants and local trader. I decided to make the ride a little harder by keeping in top gear the whole of the 60k so a few struggles on the uphills. Arrived in Braila and went straight to the railway station to find out the train times to Bucharest and buy my ticket. Absolutely no information on hotels so went and asked a few people. One girl was very helpful and I asked if she wanted to go for a drink later, even ...