We were the last ones to get up in our dorm room, but I think that is allowed due to our time of arrival. We went for breakfast but were pretty disappointed with the stale bread and butter. The hostel has an amazing view of the hills which I thought was pretty unique, but from walking around the town I realised that everywhere had amazing views. We began our jaunt of Brasov by getting lost very near to the hostel. It was pretty fun because there we got to see so many quaint little houses and plenty of cobbled streets which [View Full Entry]

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Our bus to Brasov was due to leave at eight in the evening so we decided to spend one last day enjoying the sights of Chisinau. We said out goodbyes to Marco as he was leaving on a different bus later on in the day. Despite having seen most of the sights in Chisinau, we still had some museums and points of interest to see. First stop was the local supermarket for breakfast which we ate sitting on the steps of the cathedral as we had done previously. The first point of interest on our agenda was the History of Chisinau [View Full Entry]

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We had decided to go to the cave monasteries today rather than risk being shot in transdnistr. We got up early with Chris and set off towards the central bus station. Lonely Planet suggested that getting to Orhei cave monasteries would be rather easy, so we left Chisinau with minimal research. It took us a while to find the right minibus to Orhei and when we did, the only three seats were right at the back of the bus. I got stuck next to some sleazy guy who kept on moving over till his hands were all over my legs. During [View Full Entry]

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Half eight in the morning we dragged ourselves out of bed and got ready as best as possible in that tiny room. A Scottish guy called Chris had arrived in the middle of the night and this morning we found out that he had no money because his cards had been rejected like ours. He had tried so many ATM's that his card had been cancelled. We didn't have much time to chat but we gave him the equivalent of £5 to keep him on his feet. At quarter past nine our guide Val arrived to take us to Milesti Mici. [View Full Entry]

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Due to the room being full of guys and the fact we were awake most of the night we stayed in bed till everyone else had got up. We got up and sorted out some mundane necessities and left the hostel around twelve. We bought breakfast from the local supermarket which consisted of a danish pastry, fruit and juice. We sat and ate it on the steps of the cathedral watching people pass. At one point a Romany lady and her kid came up to us asking for money. We firmly told her no, but I gave the kid one of [View Full Entry]

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We woke up rather early and left the room as discretely as possible. The girl on the desk rang and ordered us a taxi and we thought told them where we were going. The driver was lovely, but it was only when he gave us a map as a gift that we realised we were heading to the wrong bus station. When we did get to the right station he asked around till he found the right bus for us. The driver of the bus wasn't as nice and when we went to put our bags in the storage section he [View Full Entry]

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We had every intention of making up for yesterday with an active day today. However with a nice, comfortable, and quiet room we managed to sleep in again. When we did get up, breakfast took the best part of an hour, so we left for the catacombs around one. We were told that at the main station we could either join a tour or get a bus there and join a tour. We walked around the station for a while and couldn't find the right bus, so we ended up settling for the very cheap option, the tour. The tour was [View Full Entry]

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Today will probably be the most dull blog so far to read and yet it was such a fantastic day. Due to our late night yesterday, we didn't even get up till after midday. When we did get up, we chatted to the English guy for quite a while and didn't finish breakfast till around 2pm. We were half planning to go and see Odessa's beach, but the weather was miserable so we used it as an excuse to spend the day around the hostel. There are only three of us in the hostel now, us and a really nice Brummy. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Odessa around nine after a night of dozing on and off. The bus station is too far away from the centre to walk so we looked around for a microbus. We had to battle through a group of taxi drivers every time we stepped out of the safety of the station. We approached two police officers and asked how to get to the centre. A man that was standing with them said that you couldn't get a Bus and that a taxi would cost $20-$30 which we laughed at and walked away. A phone call to Black sea [View Full Entry]

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Breakfast was only served from half seven to half nine, so we dragged ourselves out of bed around nine for it. It was a nice buffet breakfast with cereal, breads, yoghurt and pastries. We returned to bed until our checkout time at twelve. We left our backpacks in the luggage room at the hotel and set out to waste the next twelve hours. We wandered around the main streets looking at the shops and becoming amazed at the amount of school aged people hanging around the streets. We found the central square and the statue of Lenin and took the obligatory [View Full Entry]

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