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26 June 2018
I had only booked the tour to Rila Monastery yesterday afternoon so it was lucky that there was availability at the last minute. It is not easily accessible by public transport. The bus left at 0900 from behind the St Alexander Cathedral (cathedral for the Bulgarain patriachate). We had the intention of visiting the Cathedral […]
25 June 2018
We had booked the 1030 bus from Veliko Tarnovo’s station to Sofia. We walked downhill to the station. The 3h bus ride was all smooth except Kim needed the toilet as a result of the diuretic effect of his blood pressure medication. The driver obliged with a stop since the onboard toilet was locked off. […]
24 June 2018
We joined a free walking tour today at 1100. There wasn’t much that we hadn’t seen per se, but the knowledge and the anecdotal snippets given by the guide were very informative: The Cyrillic alphabet wasn’t invented by/for the Russians but for Bulgarian. It wasn’t invented by St Cyril but his students based on his […]
22 June 2018
With a 1030 departure to Bulgaria’s old capital Veliko Tarnovo, we had a leisurely start with some muesli and milk before a taxi ride to Hotel Horoscop where the bus would leave from. Here we finished our Romanian money with coffee, pastries and some takeaway sandwiches. The Pegasus van service (pre-bookable online) was god-sent and […]
22 June 2018
The alarm woke us at 0530 and we walked to the station at 0600 leaving some time for coffee and sandwich at the station. Our train to Bucharest originated from Budapest Keleti station and was a few minutes early. We were seated in the last wagon. On my explorations during the journey, I wandered to […]
21 June 2018
We had another late start today; not good considering we have to wake early tomorrow for the 0643 train to Bucharest. In case we weren’t able to find a taxi tomorrow morning, we thought we’d check out the 11 minute walk to the station. Once the station was in sight, we decided to continue by […]
20 June 2018
Today we only have to get to Sibiu not so far away. We had allowed the morning free here in Sighisoara. We had a leisurely start before grabbing breakfast in the town square. As we didn’t find anywhere that did breakfast per se, we settled on a toasted sandwich each; one with ham and cheese […]
19 June 2018
We had booked the rental car till 2000 last night with an after-hour return. So it was OK to return it this morning around 0830 before their 0900 opening. From the Avis office, it was only a couple of minutes walk to the train station for our 0858 departure to Sighisoara. The train to Sighisoara […]
18 June 2018
We walked to the nearby Sixt rental car desk located in a nearby hotel. At the opening time of 0900, tt was unattended but we managed to ring up the number provided. They couldn’t do us a car till around 1100. That left us with our backup booking with Avis for 0930. We taxied down […]
17 June 2018
We had the same breakfast of muesli and milk before heading to Bucharest’s railway station by taxi. It was a short wait before we could board our train for Brasov. Once in the countryside, the landscape varied between green and brown. We pulled into Brasov 2h40 later and took a taxi uphill to the old […]