Vega Galati

... cetatii.

Si oare de ce nu stim noi, romanii, sa ne intampinam oaspetii care ne intra in cetate cu bucurie si nu cu tristete. Si oare de ce nu stim noi, romanii, sa ne cladim cimitire, la marginea sau in mijlocul cetatii, dar sa le cladim cu respect pentru inaintasii nostrii, tot asa cum ne cladim casele si gradinile cu respect pentru viata noastra.

Si oare de ce ne amintim de ei doar de ziua… mortilor.

... fıtted the new cylinder and piston and then left Sebastian, motor running, having refused a single lei (Romanıan currency) in payment.  His blog is www.einfachlos.blogspot.com
good luck wıth the German and good luck to the German.

The Carpathian mountains were fınished for me, I was to continue south east while the mountaıns hook round westward.  Arriving in Constanza on the Black sea coast I had been ...

... zo herkenbaar: heel veel vliegen, een penetrante lucht en een donker gat waar je niet in wil kijken.....

De grensovergang Moldavie-Oekraine ging relatief soepel. Paspoort laten zien, gegevens invullen op een papiertje, door naar mannetje nummer 2, paspoort laten zien + ingevuld papiertje en rijbewijs en papieren en met gehele pakketje door naar mannetje 3. Mannetje 3 bekijkt alles, vult wat in op een computer, stelt wat vragen in het Russisch en knippert vol ongeloof met zn ...

... the water, fun to see the pelicans. Heaven for bird spotters, a nice day trip for me.

Time to make our way towards Moldova (as we cannot cross straight into Ukraine) and leave lovely Romania. We will see us again one day ;-)

Besides our sightseeing things, how are things a few weeks into the trip: We are still looking for the best travel pace, who is driving when, how many hours to make daily. Until now the travel days have been *************g and left no space to ...

... a bit and we arranged to go to the police station the 4 of us we still had to pay the ferry of course. 100 Lei he told us, that is 25 Euro. No way…!! Impossible! And here we go again…ok ok 50 Lei, we still don’t believe him and it becomes 40 Lei….pfff Angelique asks the 2 ladies for help and the real fee turns out to be 25 Lei. He tried to rip us off enormously, the basterd with his I-feel-pity-for-you eyes…Well done Angelique. The ...

... 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.
Vor Ort gibt es zwei kleine Laeden, aber keinen Bankautomaten. Die Laeden sind gegen Nachmittag ziemlich ausverkauft, ausserdem teuer.
Als wir dort waren, konnte man auch in ...

12th June

Golden Sands (Bulgaria) to Constanta (Romania)

Sunny periods 29 degrees

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 ...

... we arrived in Constanta we realized the entire city is a dive and it isn't where we want to be. I looked in the brochure Ally got from the Romania tourism board to see the picture. Which is when we realized the picture of the gorgeous Black Sea and the white sand beach is not of Constanta but a nearby beach resort town called Mamaia. So we passed right through Constanta, paid the 3 lei toll ($1.20) to get into Mamaia, and were greeted with the Lake ...

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 ...

... 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 ...