Drum bun, şi la revedere (and have some zombie train fail as a farewell present)
July 14th 2010 So we're just killing time in Sighişoara now, waiting for the time to come to saunter to the train station to catch our zombie train to the Hungarian border (we got couchettes booked for this one, one 8 hour seat experience was enough!) It's too hot to do otherwise, and it's been a very heavy and tiring but memorable 6 days crossing this huge country. The last 2 days we've spent in the middle par
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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 
