Wednesday, 15th August 2018 Today was an unusually late start for us. We normally like to get a train around 08:00 which allows us to get up about 06:00, pack, then breakfast at 07:00 and then leave the hotel at 07:30-ish. This means that if we do a train ride of around two hours we can walk to our new hotel, drop the bags off, grab a free local printed map and then get to a cafe for the day’s planning over a cup of coffee. There is nothing better than circling the spots to visit on a paper map using a real writing implement so that you can visualise, and draw, the day’s route. Our train today is at 14:04, only because it is the only direct service to Brasov that has 1st class accommodation available. The hotel we are staying in has the luxury of a swimming pool. As you know Matilda likes a good swim, but not on a full stomach. So pre breakfast swimming it was. Matilda doing lengths while Robert was doing strange under water exercises to combat his sciatica. After the pool we enjoyed the Romanian’s view of a full English breakfast. After a […]
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