Recollections of Romania …

Posted by on Jan 25, 2013 in Romania | 1 comment   Our train rolled into the Bucharest train station on time and we prepared to part with the €10 taxi fare that has been fixed by all the taxi drivers leaving from the station. We knew from our research on the internet that it doesn’t matter if you are taking the taxi 1 km or 10 km, the fare is still be the same fixed amount. In our case, €10 is about 3 or 4 times what the fare should...
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Bansko to Bucharest via Rila Monastery and Sofia

Posted by on Jan 14, 2013 in Bulgaria, Romania | 3 comments We decided to use the services of a private driver for the move from Bansko to Sofia, not only for the convenience of a door to door transfer but also because we wanted to stop off and see the Rila Monastery which is a short detour midway between the two cities. We had spent the previous day packing and were ready for the 9am pickup on the morning of our departure. With our ever enlarging...
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Skiing, Eating, Christmas and New Year

Posted by on Jan 12, 2013 in Bulgaria | 1 comment Our first five days in Bansko were spent settling into our new apartment. Normally by this time at home the tree and decorations would have been up for some weeks, so we had some work to do to make our apartment ready and looking like Christmas inside to match the scene outside.  I had romantic notions of getting a ‘real’ pine tree – knowing that Bansko is surrounded by pine forests. But...
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