Vega Hotel Mamaia

... and a great bike shop. He arranges mountain bike tours amongst other things : zsolt@rockmachıne.ro     Having had a fair few scary moments with dogs which absolutely detest bicycles İ thought it a wise investment to purchase a high-powered, high-pitched anti-dog gizmo.  Indeed the dazzer seems to have some deterrent effect on some dogs.  Unfortunately the truly vicious ones seem little bothered, that or they spent their ...

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 ...

... 50 minute massage. It was just OK. Afterward I told Ally and she canceled her treatment. Then I went to get the 5 scoops of gelato that Ally was gloating about. It was at least as delicious as she made it sound. It melted really quickly so I had to eat it fast.

The fog burned off after a few hours and we had yet another hot, gorgeous, sunny and clear day. It is also really humid here so we both have big hair but since Romania seems trapped in ...

... everywhere walking around after money, turks all over the place, people spitting all over the ground. So i enquired at the bus station for the next bus to Varna, it was in about 4 hours time. Being reluctant to leave my luggage behind and not wanting twheel it everywhere I just sat down and made myself comfortable. Finally the 4 ...

... out and blow it up, so we had a nice dinner and I hit the rack early. We did get some mititei, which is my favorite Romanian food...little lamb, pork and beef sausages with no skins, grilled over an open flame. German sausage pales in comparison. Starting to drag a little now...something like 11 cities in 15 days... The Black Sea is beautiful and the resorts are ...

... Cyganie. W Mamai spalismy kolo fabryki ryb. Nocleg zalatwila Zajac, ktora odnalazla niejaka pania Emilie, przypadkowo poznana przed rokiem. To ona udostepnila nam spory kawalek trawnika, za zamknieta brama, tuz przy plazy. Wial straszny wiatr i wygladalo na to, ze bedzie padac, wiec solidnie postawilismy nasze namioty. Wynieslismy sie z naszego "pastwiska" o 8mej rano i wsiedlismy w autobus do Constanzy. Bagaze pozwolono nam zostawic w muzeum, po zakupie biletu - za ...

... on the "Banana" where they pull you with a boat and try to turn you over (well it succeeded). That was great fun (see photos). And today (Tuesday) in the morning was the same, a bludge day. In the morning we went to the beach. At lunch time Roxy and her mum had Manicure and Pedicure - AGAIN!!! In the afternoon we went to see the city (see photos). Tomorrow we are leaving on a 1000km journey to Croatia. That will be fun and we are all looking toward it.

... they just started to follow him. We were led down a side street where we heard the sound of a police car siren pull up and 4 plain clothes police told us to get away from that man, that he was dangerous. We walked away caught the bus and proceeded to Mamaia resort (about 45 mins away). We were told the bus would stop there for 10 mins and then return to town. We strolled around and who did we bump into?, the same guy who ...

... much beer as I do. If that's not a match made in heaven I don't know what is. Fortunately, she's bringing him back to the states next year. Joy. I got robbed for the first time. Worst part is that it was able to happen because I'm a nice, trusting traveler with empathy for other people on the road, and because that's who I am and I'm not going to change, there's nothing I can do to prevent it in the future. With that said, I hope he gets hit by a bus. Cheers. Romanians ...

... and Rum with the intent to rob later in the night. Nothing that exciting happened, though we practically wore a hole in the dancefloor, attracted lots of strange looks from the teeny-boppers and tried balancing glasses of Power Horse (Red Bull) and ethanol, sorry, vodka on our heads. After numerous Power Ponies and photographs with the dodgy brothers we headed home. This time without fear of being munched by Transylvanian vampires. Just of dodgy Romanian disco dudes.