Month: October 2018

2018-10-08

Headed to Trigrad, Bulgaria to meet Pri Mama Zarka, the owner of a Bed and Breakfast there. SAN had stayed here multiple times when visiting Bulgaria. You can read her stories on her site, but I wanted to meet this woman and her father. I went to Trigrad, a fairly small village in a beautiful mountain area. I asked various people where her place was, as Google Maps sent me to the wrong location. These people sent me all over, with some people waiving in one direction, some in another. I eventually found a person who called a young lady over who spoke English. It turns out Mama Zarka was in London, so some people were waiving to where her place was, some to where they thought London was, and some just waiving “away”. I was sorry I missed her, but I found another BnB across the street.

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2018-10-05

Note to self: Check the route for Ferries.

When I was leaving Sinaia, it was getting cloudy. The guy at the hotel asked where I was going, and I said Bulgaria. He said that it was supposed to have Tornados there. I used my phone’s “Wishful Thinking App” and put on sunscreen.

It started raining shortly after. It was not a hard rain, but with my wandering route, it did slow me down.

Continue reading “WISHFUL THINKING APP, DANUBE RIVER CRUISE and BIKER CAMPS”

2018-10-01

Romanians are friendly, in a cold New England cold sort of way.

You don’t see a lot of people smiling on the streets. More than in Lithuania though. People stare at you as you go by. Well, they stare at me, but I look out of place almost anywhere. And saying good morning seldom gets a response.

Once you break the ice though, they are great and very friendly people. If they think you need help, they will stop to help if they think they can. Otherwise, you are a pink unicorn.

Continue reading “FRIENDLY ROMANIANS and the SERVICE INDUSTRY SNARL”

2018-10-01

Note to Self 1: Thinking it is Monday does not make it so.

Note to self 2: If going to a major tourist destination, check whether it is a weekend.

There were many places that people recommended I go to on this trip. One was Pele’s Castle in Sinaia, Romania. The other was the Peoples Palace in Bucharest. Since I had decided not to go to the Romanian Coast, which was a wise decision due to weather, I chose to go to Pele’s Castle and Bucharest.

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