Have passport, have credit card, will travel

Not much for writing the past week, and not much to write about. However, I thought I'd post to at least let y'all know that all is fine in Sibiu, Romania. And I'll be traveling again soon and not sure what my access to email will be. Also, since I'll be leaving Romania, the cell phone will no longer work. So no emergencies from the home front please.

Christmas lights Main Square Sibiu

The plan is to leaving Romania on Dec 12, flying to Rome, Italy. On Dec 16, fly to Madrid, Spain. On Dec 20, fly to Dublin, Ireland. I'll be in Dublin until Dec 27, after that I don't know yet. And I still have to confirm that I can catch my plane ride home on Jan 4 by picking up the connection to Miami in London, rather than flying back to Bucuresti to fly to London to fly to Miami.

Indians in Romania?????

It all came about after a few gray, overcast days. I just wanted some sun. And sitting in an internet café, having a beer or two, looking at how cheap flights were, I decided to go chase blue skies and sun. Total airfare for all this flying is about $225, and would have been cheaper if I had less baggage.

Of course, since making travel plans, Sibiu has been nothing but blue skies and sun. No snow on ground though. Life has been trying to get some writing for work done (with very limited success), and afternoon meal at a restaurant. I've had some excellent food, and some not so good. I never, ever imagined pasta to come with red tomato sauce AND topped off with a white sauce, based mainly on sour cream. I still ate it, but it was one of those meals that I should have known better not to eat. I'm sticking with the local dishes now.

Street I've been staying on last week,

Still amazed that here you can get a cup of tea for about $2, and 500 ml of excellent local beer for about $2. There are some really tough choices to make at 10:30 in the morning in those internet cafes to send email.