Geo: 47.4984, 19.0408Had a hot and early shower this morning, apparently hot water at the camp grounds are rare- terrific! Today we weren't the last tent down, a big improvement. At 7.30 we left camp and hit the road. Half the bus fell asleep. The landscape is very green and hilly with winding roads. Romania was beautiful, even though it was raining. This mornings music selection was a bit gay. Not much else to do except sleep! The border into Hungary only took 1 and a half hours. We had to turn our clocks back an hour. I missed out on an entry stamp. Finally arrived in Budapest. We had a driving tour of the city and crossed over the bridges from Pest to Buda and visa versa. Drove up the hill to the victory monument ... read more

Geo: 46.1316, 24.8709We stopped in this town for a few hours.... read more

Geo: 44.9735, 25.8696After leaving Bucharest, I enjoyed the beautiful country scenery of Transylvania. In the mid afternoon, we arrived at Bran. Here is the castle the Vlad Dracul may have stayed at. There are many souvenir stores here.... read more

Geo: 44.4479, 26.0979Arrived in the capital mid afternoon, did a driving tour of the city and then went to camp.... read more

Geo: 42.6976, 23.3222After breakfast we met our city tour leader Nona and drove in the centre of the city. We walked around and had an informative tour about this city. Saw the statue of St Sofia and an old round Roman church of St George, which is the only building from the 4th century that has not been destroyed. Saw guards in front of the presidential palace and changed while we were there. Sofia is joining the EU and has a countdown clock, they only have 247 days to go. As we walked down the street, four people walked past us and one of them was Martina Hingis, apparently she's Bulgarian. Went into the Alexander Nevski cathedral, which is suppose to be the largest cathedral in the Balkans. Was quite beautiful inside. Had the rest of ... read more