On Sunday 20th May We travelled north up the Black Sea coast to the city of Varna but couldn't find any any where to park for the night so we gave up on the overdeveloped Black Sea Coast and travelled inland going westwards.
Before too long we arrived at "the Stone Forest" a few kilometres west of Varna. These incredible formations look like they have been put up by humans but infact are complrtely natural.
There is a really nice car park next to the Stone Forest where we had our own beautiful tree with holes in its trunk and rustic seat right outside our van door where we stayed the night.
On Monday 21st May we aimed to visit the Thracian Royal Tomb at Svestari but we failed to read our Rough Guide to Bulgaria sufficiently throughly in advance and when we got there reallised that it was only open Wednesday to Sunday!
We continued north to the Danube at Ruse and parked in what we thought was an okay car park near to the bridge over the Danube to Romania. However not only were we charged 20 Leva (£8.00) for the priviledge but also as the night progressed we were surrounded by lorries which kept their engines running all night but to add injury to insult the "staff" at the Ruse Free Zone who ran the car park took it on themselves to dissconnet us from our electricity supply during the night without telling us. I gained the impression that they regarded us as less than human!
On Tuesday 22nd May we crossed the Danube into Romania.
We saw many fellow travellers on the road once we crossed to Romania. Apparently even educated Romanians regard them as less than human and totally unable to benefit from any social programs. While we're here maybe we are more like the Roma than we think!
We spent the night at a motorway service area between Bucharesti and Pitesti. It rained a lot.
On Wednesday 23rd May we tried to cross the Carpathian Mountains at their highest part but the pass was blocked due to snow and we had to turn back.
We stayed the night at a campsite hight in the mountains with fantastic views. However it was not all good - I scraped the van on the electricity bollard you see behind it and got temporarily stuck in the mud - grim! Give me a nice car park any day.
Today 24th May we passed this amazing wooden church - reminiscent of the Norwegian Stave Churches we saw last summer.
We headed north to the city of Brasov but it was not van friendly territory - nowhere to park so we headed west towards Fagares.
We tried to visit two separate fortified churches but on neither occasion could get in for obvious reasons!
We passed the golden dome of Fagares Cathedral and are tonight staying at a very nice campsite between Fagares and Sibiu. It is raining.
2 comments:
Judy and I say thankyou for the blog - it is very interesting and exciting. We wonder what the next adventures might be!
Really glad you enjoy it. Hope you're well. Love, Roger.
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