Typical train station in Romania

Let's Travel By Train, Not Live On It.

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August 23rd 2013
Geo: 45.66, 25.61Sleeping on a train, or trying to, is a whole new experience for us. We get settled in and I lay there for an hour before I start to get used to the crickets-clack, the rocking and all the other sounds trains make. But we dozed off until about 2am when the Hungarian police boarded the train to greet us. Passports please. We had them now. We're in bed with our cabin door o ... read more

Europe » Romania

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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