Camping București Belvedere

Weird day!

We left last night's campsite after breakfast, initially with a plan to go to the Therme Spa outside Bucharest but when Sara read up various reviews we realised that it would be very busy on a Saturday. So, instead, we turned round and went to the Orlova Chuka Cave, a limestone cave system not far from the campsite.

The guided tour took about 30 minutes. The cave itself was ok, improved by the lack of any health and safety nonsense! At one point we were asked to walk like ducks because the roof was so low.

Then we drove across the Danube (which is also the border) and into Romania. The bridge over the Danube is closed in one direction because of repair work so we were warned that there might be very long queues.

There were long queues... but in the other direction. We were lucky. We must have turned up at just the right time. Straight thru passport control and straight across the bridge. Result!

We are now at Camping București Belvedere on the outskirts of Bucharest. This has got to be the noisiest campsite we have ever been to. Last night we were listening to birdsong and jackals. Tonight we are listening to three competing sources of music - all very loud - a Romanian wedding (which is actually quite good) and two local bars (which are possibly hosting parties). All just over the road.

Earlier there was also a party in the nearby park which was even louder even though when we went there there was hardly anyone about. And we have been treated to a local airshow to boot!

Really not sure how much sleep we are going to get tonight but hey ho... tomorrow we are in a hotel in the centre of Bucharest!Read more