EuropeanSojourn2017

Got up at 3:45 am for a ride at 4:30 to the airport. The cab was on time and with no traffic got there in about 20 minutes. The cab driver then wanted the same fare (25 lei – or about $6.25) to return to the city as he had no fares for the return […]

Some wandering around today – kind of low key. We did come across the National Art Museum which was closed. But walking along Victoria Street – THE shopping district in Bucharest – we did find one very interesting art museum, a separate building from the National Art Museum that was open. This one is dedicated […]

Back in Bucharest and time for more wandering to see the sights. We went looking for a Jewish synagogue, the synagogue, in Bucharest. After some time and quite a bit of wandering, we finally found the synagogue. They had a person there whose job was to tell tourists about the synagogue. We were the only […]

Got up, breakfast and headed out by 0815. The first stop was a really unique fortress. This fortress was. ‘Working’ fortress in that it was a town Inside the fortress walls! A population of about 1000 with houses businesses, restaurants, etc. Granted the primary. Business was tourism. We climbed the obligatory tower to view the […]

Today we started our two day trip to Transylvania- headed out at 0800. The tour Guide was Mary and the driver was Bogdan. They were at the hotel at precisely 0800. We had checked out and ready to go. The first part of the trip was to Peles Castle in Siani. This was the summer […]