"Day 47- Through much prodding and rejection from my body, I managed to get started at 7:00 the next day. The bed was slightly softer than pavement and it didn't make for good rest. ..."
"After a marathon travel day..we arrived at our homestay in the village of Vadu Izel in the Maramures region of Romania. Had a great huge dinner (seems the norm here in Easter ..."
"Edmund picked me up while I was on my way out of Slovakia. He was a very wide and broad and tall man: in another word, large. Even though he drove a comfortably-sized 4WD veh ..."
" Right now I'm sitting on a waiting chair facing this open-doored room within which these well-dressed ladies are getting their toenails clipped. Keep in mind that even ..."
"Hello there people. The first two days of the trip were solid driving (Belgium and Germany) with camping in very cold weather, forming frost on part of my tent one morning. However ..."
"Brasov is the largest town in Transylvania with just under 300,000 people. It´s also the main centre used for people looking to check out Dracula and Bran Castle. I got in very ear ..."
A travel blog entry from Brasov by
jay29
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"It was late on an eerily quiet and moonless night when we entered Brasov. Could it be true, could we be in Transylvania after all these years of my harbouring a secret need ? Would ..."
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natandkat
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"He Said: It's funny how so much of a trip involves actually "getting there", I guess that's why its called travel. Anyway, yesterday was consumed with transit to Bucharest. So we r ..."
"Unfortunately Bucharest seemed to be one of the most uninspiring European Capitals that I have seen. Its one of those places that only seems to get negative feedback on the backpac ..."
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jag
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""Some people are on the pitch.... they think it's all over.... It is now!" Kenneth Walstenholme, 1966 We were staying in this pretty nice hostel called Villa Helga, and as is often ..."