Tag 12 bis 16 ca. 4.000 km von Galway Wir sitzen gerade in einem e-Cafe in der Altstadt von Sibiu (Hermannstadt) in Siebenbuergen in Rumaenien. Unsere naechste Station nach Dresden war jedoch erst einmal Brno (Bruenn) in der Tschechei. Auf einem netten Zeltplatz nahe der Stadt an einem See (Muecken!) gelegen hatten wir campiert. Am darauffolgenden Tag besichtigten wir die Innenstadt von Brno, welche sehr sehenswert ist. Viele barocke Gebaeude aus dem spaeten Mittelalter und sehr nette Leute. Auf dem Markt haben wir uns dann noch mit frischen Obst eingedeckt und sind weitergefahren. Die Fahrt fuehrte uns durch Bratislava (Pressburg) die [View Full Entry]

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Well, Almost Everyone! Day 2 in Bucharest: I must be out of my mind! Doug's housekeeper is a sweet lady named Ms. Elana. Our first acquaintance was during my visit last year. One day when Doug was at work and Matt and I were still in the apartment before our day's excursion, Ms. Elana unlocked the door to find me standing in the living area. She was startled, apparently not knowing I was there and surely not knowing who I was. (She and Doug rarely see each other.) When she opened the door last year, I noticed that she started to [View Full Entry]

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Day 3 Late waking, due to a heavy international poker session the previous night involving locals of the hostel and assorted others. Valiant attempts from all, most notably Mr McGregor's four hour marathon and the Mopsy/Puddleduck contingent who came a respectable 3rd. Unfortunately, Flopsey pulled out after 15 minutes because he was wilting. In the morning we visited the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, in which we were stalked by strangely intimidating middle-aged women, who were ready to pounce at the slightest hint of an exposed camera. Nevertheless, we overcame the unsettling tension to enjoy the incredibly uninformative pile of old [View Full Entry]

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Whew! Finally landed for good for a few days. My flight from Tulsa was at 8:10 a.m.; 26 hours later, I found the smiling, familiar face of my brother Doug. It was so good to speak to someone who could understand me! Of course, to pass the time in the air, I always desire to be seated by someone whom I can make casual conversation with. The Tulsa to Houston trip was very enjoyable in that I sat next to a young lady from Broken Arrow who had been living in Los Angeles for the past three years. Matt, you would [View Full Entry]

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Heippa taas, pitkasta aikaa... olemme parhaillaan Transilviassa, Dragulan linnassa! Matkamme tanne on kestanyt jo 5 paivaa ja olemme kokeneet ihan m ielettomia elamyksia. Taalla on aika harvassa naita nettipaikkoja, joten kirjoitan kaikesta sitten, kun taas tulemme "sivistyksen" piiriin! Kaikki on kuitenkin ihan mahdottoman hyvin! Kuvia on noin 10 0000 ja filmiakin jo monta km. Lennamme Budapestiin takaisin ensi keskiviikkona, 9.7. ja jatkamme sielta heti kohti Balatonia ja sitten Kroatiaan, aurinkorannalle... Olkaa kuulolla!!!! [View Full Entry]

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Day 1: Terminal 5 = magic, especially B Gates? B gates gut yes, well. We left Mopsy's at 2 am for a 6 20 flight, the taxi only took an hour. Wayne if you're out there, you're a real hero. but, unbeknown to us, check-in didn't open till 5 15 so we were forced into socialising with DJ Shadow and his 20 plus entourage, striking up a particularly close bond with the mental nuts Australian sound engineer/drug supplier. even weirder was that they were on the same flight as us. turns out UNKLE were playing a festival in Bucharest. anyway back [View Full Entry]

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Goed, eindelijk dan dat langverwachte verhaal dat ik al maanden in gedachten had om te schrijven… reden daarvoor is dat we nu eindelijk persoonlijk aan bepaalde mensen hebben kunnen vertellen wat we al maanden wisten!!! Komen dus net (afgelopen woensdag) terug uit NL na een zeer geslaagde maar ook vermoeiende vakantie van 2 weken verspreid over een aantal landen in Europa: NL, Belgie, Roemenie en Bulgarije... daarover strax meer, maar nu eerst de woorden die al maanden op mijn toetsenbord cq. tong aan het branden waren: Jacq en ik gaan trouwen aan het eind van dit jaar!!!!! eindelijk dan, na een [View Full Entry]

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On the night train from Budapest to Buhcharest I met one of the most amazing people not just on this trip but possibly in my entire life. Andras, our transylvanian sweetheart! We weren't on the train long before he had pounded upon us with many many questions! We were sharing the sleeper carriage with him and this other hungarian lady who made and sold perfume for a living. He told us of his country's history and everything about his own life until now. He spent a long time telling us of how he was a hungarian at heart living in Romanian [View Full Entry]

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After our time in Bulgaria we headed north to visit Romania, from Sophia we took a night train which saw us given our own sleeping compartment with beds and a sink. This was a far cry from our night train in Egypt which was very uncomfortable and people got on and off all night long trying to sell immense quantities of things that don't interest you at 4 in the morning like newspapers and giant pretzels. So after our train ride we arrived in Bucharest the capital of Romania refreshed and ready to do some sightseeing, the only problem was that [View Full Entry]

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I climb one of the lush green hills surrounding a small village. I am on one shoulder of the Homorod valley in Romania and looking either way I can see a necklace of small villages stretching out for many kilometers. There is an order here you don't see in many places anymore. Each village sits tight and compact on the land. Each is surrounded by fields that sustain the people as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years. You can be lulled into thinking this could never change. I am in Transylvania; an area of Romania surrounded by the Carpathian [View Full Entry]

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