Rest in Bucharest

Today we hired a private car (with driver) to take us from our hotel in Brasov to our hotel door close to the airport in Bucharest. We did not plan to go to the city proper as we have an early flight to Athens tomorrow. We drove over the Fagaras Mountains ( they could be part of the Carpathians) and continued to see pretty little villages and beautiful autumn forests climbing up the mountainsides to their snow capped peaks. Once we were down from the mountains, the scenery changed drastically to flat lifeless land criss-crossed by power-lines and other sorts of wire nets. I have no idea what they are. We passed by several cooling towers attached to what looked like an oil refinery but maybe it was a nuclear power station with people living in old houses only metres away.

Eventually we reached the Hotel Charter and climbed the stairs to our second floor rooms-again! I left my suitcase in the lobby. Hopefully no one wants it tonight! Our knees were stiff from the trip so Keeley, Lorelle, and I decided to go for a walk (to Macca's!) I had a chicken wrap and a Big Apple Sundae and a cappuccino frappe. On our way back, Keeley spied 6 puppies who looked hungry so we stopped at the supermarket and bought them some dry puppy food. She wanted to take them all home. They were so cute. Two more stray dogs wanted the lemonade I had bought for Elizabeth and one even licked my bum! It's a wonder you didn't hear the scream! After that adventure, we came back to our room and I fell asleep after 10 pages of my book! When I woke up, it was dark so we decided to order in. I couldn't go past the calzone (a new taste sensation I have never seen is Australia!) washed down with the 2 litres of merlot we had to drink before our flight tomorrow!

One of the puppies we fed. Romania has 3 MILLION stray dogs- shameful!

I've just hopped out of the jacuzzi- first spa bath we've had- and Keeley is going to have one now. We are sharing an apartment with Lorelle and Kiryn while Elizabeth gets a queen bed room all to herself as Stacey is back in Nantes for a few days and will join us in Athens on Friday.