The simple luxuries of a campsite. At our campsite in the morning the French were all complaining about the dogs barking through the night. Hopefully they’ll get used to it. It’s such a feature of Romania that we’ve stopped noticing. The campsite looked after us well. Showered, with a bit more hand washing done, with […]
Romania
Brilliant Bucharest. Way beyond our expectation.
Bucharest. Way beyond our expectation. Romania is changing fast, and nowhere is changing faster than the capital. We arrived on the poorer southern outskirts of Bucharest on Thursday afternoon. The south side is dug up. Big time. And it’s pretty much what we expected. Crumbling concrete. Rough roads. The occasional horse and cart among the […]
Romania. Big change. The sea.
To the sea. At last we’re on a cliff top overlooking the sea. It has been 14 weeks and 4900 miles since I last saw the sea. The longest I’ve missed it. Corbu may not be the best, but I’m very happy to be here. But first we have two days of travel. The floods. […]
Delta Blues. Feeling the heat.
Romania. From pasture to city. Last week was a gentle ramble through the rural idyll of northern Romania. Calm. Bucolic (such a strange word). Ancient. On Saturday afternoon we rolled into Iasi (pronounced as Yjash) and everything changed. The grey concrete outskirts of Romania’s second city would be truly grim in drizzle, but with the […]
Romania. Running on plums. And other stories.
Plums. Arriving in Romania at this time of the year you might think that the country runs on plums. Trees are purple with the fruit everywhere you look. And in a way you’d be right. Apparently 75% of them end up bottled, as palinka. Palinka is their lethal plum brandy. It comes out to help […]
A slow start to a fast week. Romania, Bulgaria, Greece.
Miles versus dreams. Minty’s ticket is booked. I need to be in Thessaloniki on Friday. If I don’t stop loving where I’m at and start driving I’m going to be in an awful lot of trouble! Lots of miles means that I won’t be exploring as much and so I feel a license to indulge […]