It’s understandable that vampires have chosen to spend their eternal lives in Transylvania, as it is one of the most beautiful areas (countryside and cities) we have visited. While our visit to Transylvania was short-lived it definitely got in our blood. Our first stop, Brasov, had it’s own “Hollywood sign”, and deservedly so, as itContinue reading “A Taste of Three Transylvania Towns”
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Bucaresti
(this was in the old word-press format, sorry it looks pretty bad) We headed out of Tulcea to Bucharest on what we thought would be an uneventful 5 hour mini-bus ride. However, we were soon fascinated by the local life. The main road initially paralleled the Danube and it was dotted with fisherman standing byContinue reading “Bucaresti”
Delta takes flight
Our stop in Constanta, Romania was just like a ship passing in the night since we just stayed about 14 hours as we were catching an early train to Tulcea, Romania Our exposure to the town limited to walking along the same 2.9 km between the bus/train station and our place. We had enough timeContinue reading “Delta takes flight”
Into the Cyrillic, Part 2: The Black Sea
(this was done with the old WordPress format and looks really bad, sorry) Over the mountains (and appropriately, Metallica’s “Fade to Black”” blasting from the bus driver’s sound system), the Black Sea came into view and we began our 10 days of traveling along almost the entire Eastern European coast of the Black Sea, fromContinue reading “Into the Cyrillic, Part 2: The Black Sea”
Into the Cyrillic Part 1: Bulgaria Interior
This post was done in the old Word-Press format, sorry, it looks really bad. Since liberation from communism in 1989, Bulgaria has had 30 bumpy years, due to post communist bureaucratic corruption, which has inhibited development and impeded recovery. Bulgaria has the “award” of being the most corrupt country in the European Union. Although partContinue reading “Into the Cyrillic Part 1: Bulgaria Interior”
Portugal Pops the Cork
NOTE: This was imported from the older format and looks really bad. Sorry. We’ve had buses stop to get gas a few times, randomly stop for cigarette/bathroom breaks or to drop off or pick up someone in the middle of nowhere, but our trip out of Santiago de Compostela to Porto had a first –Continue reading “Portugal Pops the Cork”
Walk This Way
(Old Word-Press format so it looks pretty bad, sorry) We left Saarbrucken, not via Luxembourg City but out of the smaller of Frankfurt’s two airports, Frankfurt Hahn. Took a mini-bus from Saarbrucken through acres of mustard fields. Of course, Frankfurt was surrounded by mustard. We started our Iberian Peninsula trip at the finish line-Santiago de Compostela inContinue reading “Walk This Way”
There is more then one city in Germany?
Saarbrucken is in the middle of nowhere, which means, in Europe, it’s only 1-2 hours from everything This gives us multiple airport and airline options to get back to it. We recently have been using Ryan Air the super discount airlines that we love and hate. Their slogan should be “you pay literally nothing soContinue reading “There is more then one city in Germany?”
Iberian Groundhog’s Days
It\’s embarrassing how we sound like a drunken Rick Steves in our praise of this peninsula, but every morning we saw our shadow and it was another day of blissful experiences in Spain and Portugal, earlier posts here https://thechosenfugue.blogspot.com/2019/06/walk-this-way.html and https://thechosenfugue.blogspot.com/search/label/Lisbon We rolled into Madrid early with the sunrise on a red eye bus from Lisbon surprisingly refreshedContinue reading “Iberian Groundhog’s Days”
Dog-Days of Winter
Spring is here and flowers are everywhere. Beverly Hills Mendocino Eugene Portland New York Bray, Ireland Mainz, Germany Saarbrucken, Germany We spent most of the winter hibernating in the U.S.. We left Europe to escape the cold only to fall into a foot and a half of snow in Eugene with the worst storm in 100Continue reading “Dog-Days of Winter”
Chosen Fugue 