Paradoxical Bucharest
Backing up to 3 days ago, we decided to take a day to explore what Bucharest had to offer. Unfortunately, the day was extraordinarily hot & humid, so we limited our sightseeing to a hop-on hop-off tour bus that we didn’t hop off of. Bucharest cemented our opinion of Romania as a “confused” country, in […]
Climbing the Transfagarasan
by Sheila on 28 Jul, 2014 - 3 comments
Yesterday, we drove from Sibiu to Bucharest via the now famous Transfagarasan Highway. There is no better way to enjoy 2500m mountains than with hairpin turns going uphill (though Mom’s knees could argue otherwise). Though the mountains were packed with picnickers and tourists driving through, the sheer vastness of the surroundings made the number of […]
Fresh-baked Bread: The Great Seductor
by Sheila on 27 Jul, 2014 - 2 comments
When we entered Slovenia and paid a visit to our friends Darja & Sašo in the little village of Oplotnica, we originally intended to stay for a day. Some cajoling and a barrel of homemade meals later, we found ourselves staying in Slovenia for three days. It was time very well spent! With eternal thanks […]
Pit Stop in Slovenia
by Sheila on 24 Jul, 2014 - 6 comments
A few things have happened since our last post! First, despite the fact that fixing the car used up one of our days in Prague, we did fit in some sightseeing. Such a shame that we didn’t get a chance to see everything, but we hope to come back one day. Prague is beautiful: The […]
24 Hours In Germany
by Sheila on 20 Jul, 2014 - 2 comments
Naïve is the team that thinks they won’t face any mechanical issues at the start of the Mongol Rally. I’ll admit, my particular brand of optimism regarding the state of our Polo did lead us to feel that we’d at least meet the Google Maps expectation of the time it would take for us to […]
It’s about to begin! Bring on the prep work!
We landed in Düsseldorf this morning, marking the start of our grand adventure! Flying to Germany on Lufthansa the day after Germany wins a World Cup is a singular experience! Lots of nationalmannschaft kits and German pride, it was fun. Soon, we will meet our car for the first time, and get all our stuff […]