Travel day one
22. april, Tyrkiet ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Flight from Seattle to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Istanbul. Stayed in same airport hotel as previous trip.
Travel day two
24. april, Rumænien ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Short flight from Istanbul to Bucharest. Settled into Airbnb, lunch, grocery shopping, then we conked out.
Walking tour
25. april, Rumænien ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Started our day with a great walking tour. Then lunch, and a siesta.
Springtime park and villages museum
26. april, Rumænien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We took a bus across town to the Herastrau Park, and took a long walk up the lake. It was a beautiful spring Saturday, and tons of locals were out walking, running, biking, etc. Reminded us a littleLæs mere
Museums
27. april, Rumænien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Went to the history museum, it was in a very cool old building, the museum itself was a bit underwhelming (we had been warned). Then into the Communist museum to learn more about life during that eraLæs mere
Chill day
28. april, Rumænien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Spent the morning travel planning, then headed to the popular restaurant of Caru cu Bere. Beautiful interior and good food (definitely a splurge for us).
After lunch we walked along the canal andLæs mere
More parks
29. april, Rumænien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Another morning of travel booking. Then we metro'd up to the bus station we'll be departing from in a few days, but weren't able to buy tickets.
Then we meandered through the botanical gardens,Læs mere
Museums
30. april, Rumænien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Went to the national museum of art.
Bus to Sibiu
1. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
5 hour bus ride to Sibiu, through the Carpathian mountains. Long but pretty
Lively Sibiu
1.–6. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Enjoying this charming town. We've taken a walking tour, seen churches and museums, eaten on the many squares and plazas.
Travel day
6. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Lazy morning, then a walk to the train station. Easy boarding to our train to brasov. We took the 4-hour slooow train (the timing was better) so we stopped in every Hamlet. It was fine except theLæs mere
Getting to know Brasov
7. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Started the day with a walking tour of the town. Very enjoyable. We then had lunch, then hit up the city history museum.
Bran castle
8. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Picked up a rental car mid-morning, then headed up to Bran castle. I had low expectations, and it was way better then that! Fully enjoyed it. Then we headed to Rasnov for lunch. What a sleepy town! WeLæs mere
Peles castle
9. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Drive up into the Carpathian mountains to see the wonderful peles castle.
Chill out day
10. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Lazy day, finished booking new Zealand travel
Train to Bucharest
11. maj, Rumænien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Decided to make our travel lives easier. Took a midday train to Bucharest, metro to our IHG (free room night)
Trains to Bulgaria
12. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We left our Bucharest hotel at 8:30, and backtracked on the metro back to Gare de Nord, as we had to pick up our international train tix a bit earlier than our 10am train.
Train ride was uneventfulLæs mere
Enjoying Plovdiv
14.–21. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Great town! Day one we did a walking tour. In the following days we also saw the ethnography museum, the bishops basilica with amazing mosaics, we hiked up to the "monument to the Soviet soldier",Læs mere
Train day
21. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
~3 hour train ride to Sofia. Then taxi to our cute Airbnb. As is our routine, unpack and get settled, find a grocery store for provisions, relax for a bit on our back balcony. Then out to find dinner.
Walking tour
22. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Great morning walking tour of the main town. Always a great way to get oriented.
Rila monastery
23. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Day tour to the fantastic Rila monastery, as well as the bayana church.
Town meander
24. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Today is the national holiday celebrating the professors and their students that created the Cyrillic alphabet, it's a big claim to fame here in Bulgaria. We walked by some festival streets, andLæs mere
Rainy Sunday
25. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
It's raining heavy and not predicted to get above 48*. So much for escaping Seattle's chilly spring.
We spent the morning chilling, reading, travel planning, then decided to go back to the nationalLæs mere
Tromp thru the woods
26. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Rain dissipated this morning, so we went for a long ramble. Started in a park near our apartment, then continued about 5 miles through the woods (toward the zoo). We some people, but fewer and fewerLæs mere
Churches and museums
27. maj, Bulgarien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Last day in Sofia. We wandered to a cool looking blue and gold church, but no pictures allowed.
We then went to the regional History museum which had a nice bit of everything.
Then we grabbedLæs mere


















































































