Sunday, July 29, 2007

2007 - Post-Graduation Mediterranean - Day 56

Day 56:

- Wake up to border guard at Ruse. Stamp passport outside cabin while talking "Canada" on radio. Hope not look for enter stamp. Flip through passport.
- Saw lights, bridge, countryside outside. Not sure if see border crossing.
- Give passports at Bul. station.
- "stamp?"
- Train leave, thought lost passport. Walk down, ask 2 officers, point down.
- Slow train.
- See car with passports and officers with stamps. Got back eventually.
- Hear other cabin ask for stamp.
- Brits say stay Bucharest and goto Black Sea.
- The wrong station/ticket con as I step off.
- Point finger and yell. Should have continued to "liar." <- Asked info (was closed when he tell me to ask).
- Very new but rather slow train to Bras,ov.
- No reservation so found a seat eventually.
- American-Romanian check to make sure not trying to get money from me.
- Chat. Selling through Amazon company. Give me 15 lei and show me the way.
- Met 2 Germans on bus. full. once see group of ~15 backpackers. They stay Kismet Dao. I moved to a guesthouse.
[ after see Mihail at restaurant]
- Met Austrian lady. Then the 3 British showed up later in day. Robbed 600 lei by taxi.
- Met Welsh. Saw main square, walked to cable car and go up. Mountains on one side and Bras,ov on other.
- Too far up. By Bras,ov sign. Also see new part with commie blocks.
- 3 lei corn not buy.
- nap. But the Brits show up. Hear them telling taxi story.
- Dinner near center with Germans.
- Set up meeting in Sibiu, NE corner of main square, 5th, for dinner.
- T,uica.
- Fried fat, pure cream and carrot sauce.
- Talk about bears, their Sinaia bear story.
- Guesthouse attached to owner's house and shared kitchen.

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