We dragged ourselves out of bed early this morning with work to do and preparations to make. We had a rental car to pick up at 10:00. By 9:30, we were on our way with one stop to make. Ben desperately needed a haircut. Unable to find an adorable barber the likes of which we […]
One of the most annoying things as we travel occurs when we wake up on a rest day without a firm plan about how we will spend it, which is exactly what we did today. Would we go into town and meander the sites? Ride our bikes out to the cultural museum, 7 kilometers away? […]
We laughed together this morning, knowing that with the wind whipping through our tent all night, neither of us slept a bit. Camping is my favorite, but windy weather is sure awful. We packed up, waved off all our new friends in the campers, and set out for a super short ride to Brasov. Though […]
Although we were sad to leave Gabby’s guesthouse, the new place we’d moved into stunned us equally with their attentive service. Every time we walked down the stairs outside our room, our host would appear no matter how late, making sure that we didn’t need anything. Before he would go to bed each night, he […]
Actually, it was more like five hours, which is unfortunate, because the sign we read stated that the waterfall was an easy 45 minute hike in one direction. We figured we could pick it off in a couple of hours leaving us plenty of time to rest our legs. The trail we planned to follow […]
Though we’re enamored with our guesthouse for the night, we’ve got a problem. We cannot get the wifi to work for more than a couple of minutes at a time. Given that we’re stopped partly so that we can get some work done, we simply cannot stay. Sadly, after a blissful night of real […]
Hitting the road at 5:50, we laughed a bit about the ridiculousness of the night we’d just spent. I had so many bug bites I felt like I had hives, but at least we were outside breathing fresh cool air, moving too fast for any bugs to catch us. The bad news is that with […]
Though our hotel was pretty run down, our first glance at it had seemed livable. We’re really not that picky about where we stay, just so long as the room is clean, there is a place for bikes, and it has internet access. As the day wore on however, things started going downhill fast. The […]
I woke with the sun and happily noted a handful of interesting emails from home sitting in my inbox. Already feeling cheerful, I got Ben up and we began packing up from our lovely campsite filled with German and Dutch retirees. Have I mentioned how much I love organized camping? As we cleaned and repaired […]
Our usual attempts at getting out the door early were only somewhat successful. Though a wet tent didn’t slow us down, the hotel’s self serve breakfast certainly did (we really struggled to figure out what exactly we were supposed to eat) but we finally got out the door and headed for the bridge across the […]
Considering the sizable slope we’d pitched our tent on, and notwithstanding the fact that we were hiding out in someone’s field, we got a decent amount of sleep. We intended to head out with first light, however, we woke to the sound of yet another a morning thunderstorm. Antsy to get out of the field and onto […]
The last little while has been an odd change of pace for us. With all the hostels and trains we’ve been using, we’ve felt more like backpackers than cycle tourists. It has been really fun to be among so many other like-minded people, making new friends and enjoying novelties like an indoor common area and […]