Driving towards Bucharest
August 11, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Last bus ride
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This bus will take us to Bucharest. We will be there for several days
Up and over the mountains
August 11, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Lots of switch backs on the way over the mountains
The roads in Romania are almost all 2 lane. No highways. It will be a slow crawl to Bucharest
Finally on a divided road
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Finally arrived in Bucharest
August 11, 2024 in Romania ⋅ 🌙 82 °F
A quick dinner before we check into the hotel
Fancy chicken
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The chickens here lay eggs with printing
Romania parliament
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2nd largest building
Wonderfully appointed restaurant
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Caru cu bere
Dinner by the lake
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Riding public transport
August 13, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
We have made it onto one bus on the way to a walking tour.
Setting up the bus app was a little tricky to do to make sure it would charge my card.
We are waiting by a fountain for the tour to start
On a walking tour of Bucharest
August 13, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Hiding from the heat
August 13, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 97 °F
We walked back to our hotel after our tour and have been lounging in the cool room. No need for a/c
Dinner with fellow travelers
August 13, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 99 °F
A few of our fellow travelers are still in town. We gathered in the hotel restaurant for one last meal together. It was nice to talk in a smaller group.
National History museum
August 14, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Nice lunch
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We are going to the symphony tonight so we had a nice lunch for our last big meal.
A very nice restaurant, Reina brasserie
Paella in Bucharest
August 14, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
At a lovely restaurant called Reina Brasserie in Bucharest.
Youth symphony
August 14, 2024 in Romania ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
We are getting up early tomorrow, but we will see the symphony tonight
The building was spectacular
The music was excellent
Starting our trip home
August 15, 2024 in Romania ⋅ 🌙 70 °F
Bucharest airport is busy in the morning
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There are many flights leaving before 7. So the security lines were long and it was busy inside.
Transfer in Amsterdam
August 15, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Made a tight connection. You can get from plane to the next in under an hour. Schiphol has great passport control.
Our plane got to the gate and an hour later we were sitting on the next plane.Read more
Landed at MSP
August 15, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
On the way home.
