Koukery Camping

We woke up to rain which got heavier as we had breakfast and packed up. By the time we left it was pouring so instead of heading for the cave tour we were planning on doing we went to the Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo. We only saw one of the churches but it was carved high up into the cliffs above the Rusenski Lom river (to provide protection against attackers) and included many medieval Christian frescoes.

After the second worst coffee of the trip (an espresso with creamer) we headed into the city of Ruse and our first view of the Danube, which we will cross tomorrow into Romania. We had a lovely lunch and then a quick walk around the old town, though it was not as nice as we were hoping.

We had parked the van in an underground carpark. We got in without incident but on the way out, the van jammed to a stop, which I interpreted as the roof of the van touching the ceiling of the carpark. Our stress levels also went thru the roof! It turns out it was the emergency brakes coming on when the parking sensors thought we were about to hit something (because the angle of the exit ramp was so steep I think). Anyway, we hadn't hit anything above us - phew! However, we did ground on something as we went over a bump further up the ramp - fingers crossed no damage done (I can't see any signs of damage but the VW Transporter is so low it is hard to get a decent view).

We are now at Koukery Camping, which probably has the nicest view of anywhere we have stayed on the trip.

We spent the evening booking a short hotel break in Bucharest for Sunday and Monday nights.

Once it got dark, we listened to what we think are jackals howling at the new moon (we heard them at the last two campsites as well).Okumaya devam et