“Romania 🇷🇴 ~Old Town in Bucharest”

• September 6, 2020
• By Pen
• 2 Comments

This Was Great!

After we checked out of our hotel this afternoon, and as I had hoped, we were able to meet up with my friend, Ben, who is from Braşov, but now has a job in Bucharest. Before leaving the city, we all met in Old Town this afternoon in a pedestrian only area. It was so nice to visit, while we enjoyed Iced coffee and lemonade.

I met Ben and his twin brother, Joseph back in 2013, when they were in still in High School. Now, they are no longer teenagers, and have gone on to graduate from University and move on with their lives. You will never meet a nicer young man, then Ben. Thanks Ben for taking the time to meet up with us. We sure love your country!

Back in 2013, I met Ben and his twin brother; the youngest of nine total siblings in his family; all boys! Out of all the students on the train that day; the one my girlfriend and I were also riding (the students were all coming home from their school day) Ben was the only one who spoke some English. He did great, back then, and his English has only improved over the years. We managed to share social media accounts and stayed in touch. What fun to see each other after all these years, and this time I could introduce him to my husband.

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We enjoyed our time visiting so much, we stayed for quite awhile. We also got to walk around and take a few more photos of Bucharest; which is a beautiful city. We realised, after we got under way to head for the border; back to Bulgaria, we still had Romanian money we could not exchange, because of it being Sunday. So, we are at a border town called Giurgiu; nothing fancy, on the Romanian side of the Danube, and are spending one more night; using up our cash for the hotel and filling up the truck with diesel, and a stop at the grocery store for a few items. We have a little apartment, with good WIFI and A/C

So now, the plan is to focus on crossing the border tomorrow (if all goes well) back in to Bulgaria.