Bucharest to Ruse to Sofia

We weren't catching the van back to Bulgaria until 4:15 p.m. so we lounged at the hotel and chatted with a German fellow. There was mutual admiration as he had been to Van. Is. last summer and loved it, and we shared our love of our German cycling trips! We packed up and started downtown to discover Bob had left socks drying so back we went. We wandered around Bucharest, had lunch at a famous beer place and chatted with the young server who says he won't vote in the upcoming election because he doesn't like/trust any candidates! Sounds familiar! We went to the European Art Museum then wandered to the pickup spot and waited an extra 45 minutes! When asked why the van was late, the response was "No English." I know why it was late: Bucharest traffic is terrible!
Crossing the border was quick and Bob didn't question anyone 🙃, and we walked back to the same hotel in Ruse. The park was busy as it was Prom week so there were lots of teens dressed to celebrate. We started the next morning with another blocked car issue! The gate in the underground wouldn't go up! Fortunately the guard came, had to call the co. for help and the gate lifted! Whew! We stopped on our way back to Sofia at an eco park and did a river walk. Lovely. Returned the rental car and took the metro to the hotel, organized the bus tickets for the next day's journey to Thessaloniki, then ate at the place we'd been to with Kathie & Larry. A full few days and happy to be going back to Greece!Read more