So what have we been doing since Turkey you ask? I will tell you....lots of running around. We had some time to kill before needing to be in Bulgaria for Jerod's flight so we decided to shoot up to Romania for a very brief stay. After an overnight from Istanbul to Sofia we spent the day walking around Sofia in a daze, waiting for our next overnight bus to Bucharest. We arrived in Bucharest in the AM and booked a train to Brasov. Finally we arrived in Brasov and made our way to a hostel. Brasov is very pretty town and is also the jumping-off point to go to Bran castle, home of the legend of Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. We also arrived on the day of the annual electronic music festival/drinking event held in the ancient citadel of Brasov. It was quite a scene, and we would have stayed longer but exhaustion was creeping in.
After exploring Dracula's Castle we grabbed a train back to Bucharest and got a hostel for the night, setting ourselves up for a train-ride back to Sofia the next day. So now we are back in Sofia. Well, I am back in Sofia. Jerod is probably on his way to Amsterdam, where he catches his connecting flight to Detroit. We also were able to meet up with our new friend Theodora who was introduced to us, digitally, by a mutual friend. After two botched attempts at meeting (botched by Jerod and Me, and excacerbated by no telephone) we finally were able to meet in person. We now have a much greater appreciation for the Cyrillic alphabet and the revolutionary Bulgarian poets Botev and Levski. Note any similarities??
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