The Train

Bucharest

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July 15th 2009
Going two days without a shower is never a good thing. Its even worst if you are in the middle of summer, lugging around over 20kg of luggage, sweating profusely and then being stuck in confined areas with others. I feel sorry for the people I shared the train cabin with and the people I shared the taxi with. Another thing that I have learnt that is never good, is doing back to back overnight buse ... read more

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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more