Communism is a way of life, not just an attitude

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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 to our trip. after emerging from our airborne prison we were welcomed by our hostel escorts. already flopsy's feet were giving him grief, claims of trench foot were rife.

it is hot, the nights are short so its always hot. really really hot. 30+ even in the evenings. thankfully all forms of liquid are cheap, however only carbonated forms are available. iced tea has replaced water. showers = sticky. however it has helped jemimah's tea withdrawal symptoms.

we basically walked around all day, returning to the hostel for butter, bread and beer (isn't that a bolshevik slogan?) although ms tiggywinkle invested in some fancy cheese. flopsy was struggling to stay up so flopsy and mopsy, under the supervision of mr mcgregor, retired to bed at 6 30 for a solid 12 hours.

Day 2:

6 am sleeping
6 01 still sleeping
etc
7 am - wake up bright and sweaty for breakfast
7 10 - sleeping
7 15 - startled wakening of mr mcgregor followed by quick breakfast.

on recommendation we marched on down to the palace of parliament, via the train station to book sleeper to belgrade. the palace, the second biggest building in the world which was initiated in 1984 (still 10% unfinished, another failure of capitalism), required 700 architects and 2000 workers working 24 hours a day over 3 shifts for 5 years to near completion. poor guys had to work like Guanaco (Word of the Day - large species of llama used as beasts of budren). Ceauşescu demolished half of the old city to make way for it. it's real big.

see pictures to follow.

ta-ra for now. and bring on the morrow.

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Photos

communism
welcome to the former soviet block

Comments

[Kenny]

Nice to hear from you boys......hope all is well and you are having a good time. Keep up the blog, it makes fascinating reading.

[Kayleigh Lambert]

I guess Jake wrote that. So you didn't actually meet Unkle? This, of course, being what I am most preoccupied with, and not the delights of Romania or iced tea.

[Ryan, The.]

Ryan requires no titles, you shall read the content regardless.
Actually, I don't know what to say.

[Grandma Tiggywinkle]

Hello again I think
Hi boys, I thought I'd posted a comment, but maybe I did it wrong! Most likely. Brilliant reading, so do keep it up and it sounds amazing, if hot. Still trying to remember which one is Mopsy and which one is Flopsy, but will get the hang of it. Glad Tom is still being a gourmand and buying fancy cheese. In case you're interested Nadal and Federer are fighting out a classic 5 sets wimbledone final....and Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix. Speak soon. Vicky

[Wendy]

=]
Enjoyed reading your message - i'll have an extra cup of tea for you jake. Just watched fantastic mens singles final... Nadal won 9-7 in the 5th set against Federer. Ellie and Katy got medals in sports acro comp today :D Can you believe Ratton aren't going to town sports?!?!?! The kittens are doing well and eating all Kali's food. xx

[Allison]

We love the blogs and the photos, hope all is going to plan and that the weather is not too hot! Enjoy.

[Craig]

Scorchio
That's it, really Can't wait for the next post

[The Aston's]

Hi Guys Fab photo's!! Good to see that you are seeing all the sights that Europe has to offer. Nige wants to know if you have encountered any Russian mafia?? Keep providing the goss. See you all soon xxx The Aston's