I awoke to another cold wet day in Romania. Generally I don’t have an issue with this except that my clothes I’ve dropped off for laundering were not dry so i’m wearing the same clothes again today. Also the only…
Peles, the modern castle
Today I went for a train ride back toward Bucharest to a town called Sinaia. I planned to stop there yesterday, but bad weather and tiredness got the better of me and I stayed on the train to Brasov. I’ve…
Transylvania is real
Unfortunately I left Bucharest after only 2 night there. I really didn’t expect I’d like it that much. But it grew on me despite the communist ugly that still exists the city really is just as great as any other…
Welcome to my Presidential Palace
Ahh Bucharest, the so called Paris of the east. It really isn’t but the communist leader of Romania, Nicolae Ceauşescu had ambitions of it being so. My first stop was to the Presidential palace, which is now the parliament building…
Communist Romania
OK so today was a travel day from Frankfurt to Bucharest via Budapest airport. I could say nothing has happened, blah blah blah. But you know what today has been a good day in some ways. It started with the…
My German roots
Years ago I was desperately trying to find a way to get an EU passport. The closest relative i managed to find at the time was my Great, Great Grandmother being German. Many other of my great great grandparents also…
Frankfurt am Main
OK so let me start by saying i was no less tired flying in business than i have been in economy. I just don’t sleep well on planes or buses or anything else moving for that matter. Although i did…