Bucharest
12th May, an early morning view of Bucharest from Sam’s apartment we stopped in during our first nights stay. Even though this trip had been booked months back, I still didn’t know what to expect. Every time I told someone where we were going it was the same response, ‘oh the poverty is so bad over there’, ‘be careful you don’t get pick pocketed’ etc. Strangely enough I didn’t do any research on Bucharest because Sam and Lena had planned a week jam packed of stuff to see and do, I didn’t have to lift a finger (just when I had to eat which was almost every hour of every single day!). We had breakfast cooked for us after a little lie in and then packed the car ready for a 4 day road trip! I was so excited but before setting off we stopped at their local coffee shop for what they called ‘the best coffee’ in town but for me, a hot chocolate as I’m not a coffee lover, even though I so wish I was.
Peles Castle
First stop, Peles Castle. About a 2 hour drive from Bucharest this beautiful castle sits nestled in the Carpathian mountains. It was a massive tourist attraction, in fact it was pretty tough to get a decent photo without somebody photobombing it! Too many people for my liking.. After a quick walk around the grounds we then spotted a cable car which led straight to the top of the Carpathian mountains so that’s where we spent most of the afternoon, gazing down at the miniature village of Sinai from 2000ft above, eating BBQ’d pork and crackling dipped in mustard which was just bloody delicious, sorry no pics, we ate it too fast ;-).
Brasov
From Sinai we jumped back in our little rental and made our way to Brasov, where we ate amazing traditional Romanian food, tried my first Matcha latte (which was revolting) from Starbucks, walked around the cobbled streets and then finally ended up at this little stall that sold ‘kürtőskalács’, I totally forgot the name but I’ve just found it on google and this is what it seems to be called. If you see a stall selling these, try them. They’re delicious!
Sighisoara
After another short ride and a real good kip, I woke up to this beautiful sunset in Sighisoara. This was where we spent our first night, in the most quaint little guest house. Sam and Lena had found this little gem on their last trip back in September and I’m so glad they did! It features a 500 year old cellar in which the family produce around 5 different liquors. Of course we got to try them all as well as hearing about the history of the cellar and the awards that the liquor has won. That evening we walked around the town, visiting ‘Dracula’s’ house where it’s believed he was born back in the 1400’s and sampled the local beer and wine at a cosy restaurant.
What I wore…
Top from ASOS
Shorts are old from Levi’s
Vans from ASOS
Mango rucksack from ASOS