This is honestly a wonderful city. I’m constantly in awe. The people are friendly and helpful, there are beautiful buildings around every corner…and I still feel this way after a day of bleakness and rain. This is the second day where it has just rained miserably all day, the other being Day 1 in Sofia. What to do?…get about your business is all you can do. So off I set to work out my next moves, plan the next episode.
I went to the tourist bureau re how to travel in Transylvania and they just said you have to go to the train station Gara de Nord, in line with this city’s feeling that they are the next Paris!! I said isn’t that a long way away..oh not not at all just 4 stops on the Metro…here I go again, I have to conquer the next Metro system and even change lines…no problem!! Anyway go my ticket to Brasov (near Bran which is the ‘Dracula’s castle’ venue. I want to go to Sinaia on the way to see the Peles Castle. They assured me I can just hop off the train, get my ticket stamped and will be able to jump back on a train in the afternoon…again you just have to put your faith in the information you get and wing it. I’ve got 2 nights in Brasov which should be enough to see the town and take in a trip to Bran. Then I go to Sighisoara for an night…supposedly a wonderful typically Transylvanian town then on to Sibiu for 2 nights…for the same reason. Then back to Bucharest for the 13th and 14th, then fly to Roma in the evening of the 15th. That’s the plan at least, lets see how it goes!!
So…pouring rain but spent the day exploring the city again, dripping wet but not too miserable all said and done.
I went to the area where the riots of 1989 (I think!!) finally deposed Ceausescu…just lovely buildings, churches…never a boring moment, always something to marvel at, wet and all. The only whinge is that yesterday I couldn’t see the art gallery I wanted to see because it was Monday. So I went to the National Art Gallery today as compensation for not being able to go to the Contemporary Art Gallery and guess what…closed Monday AND Tuesdays!!! God it annoys me! So no art galleries for me in Bucharest because I come back…you guessed it…next Monday and Tuesday!!!
Only problem when its wet and miserable is that I keep seeking warmth and sustenance with coffees and food…this is very bad for me.
I came back to the hotel earlier than usual and have taken the opportunity and reorganise my case to go off again. Once again I won’t have my laptop which I’ve loved having particularly for my nightly email. They’ll be shorter for the next 5 days!!
That’s all for now my lovelies. Nearly time for another foraging expedition!!
So enjoying your blog Sue!