Well the overnight train didn’t end up being as uncomfortable as I assumed it to be, they even gave us all a bottle of water, a packet of pretzels and some instant coffee. My first stop was to print out my train ticket for the next leg of my journey – Budapest to Vienna and then I headed to the ATM to get some Hungarian Forints as even though Hungary is in the European Union its currency is not stable enough to transfer to the Euro. Everything so far had been going along so well; then I hit my first roadblock for this leg of the journey. When I attempted to get money out at the ATM my transaction was declined. This was not good. Controlling the rising sense of dread and panic I decided to ... read more

After waking up and mastering the shower in our ensuite – there was no curtain and the water sprayed out from every angle, it was seriously impossible not to completely saturate the floor and walls – I headed off to find the bus to take me to Bran Castle. I made it to the station with 3 minutes to spare, paid for my ticket and managed to clamber aboard the already over-packed bus. It was a 45 minute journey to the Castle. Stopping in at a few towns along the way. There was a small child sitting on his mother’s lap in front of me. Absolutely adorable with the biggest blue eyes. Cluck cluck cluck haha. He was periodically crying though I noticed that he stopped crying and became quite fanscinated when he saw the band-aid ... read more

Well day 2 of my summer adventures ended up getting off to a late start. I ended up getting to bed around 2am - a combination of the overwhelming head, the snoring Pakistani in the bunk next to me and Louise messaging me kept me up - so after getting dressed and having breakfast I left my accommodation around midday. First stop was the train station to stock up on some more bottled water (I have never drunk so much water before!) and then I was off to figure out how to get a bus ticket. The first lady at the ticket office I approached just ended up yelling at me in Romanian (not she what/why she was yelling?). The next lady was slightly more helpful, and by that I mean was able to get my ... read more