Roamina 2

I will hopefully recap more from Bucharest when we get there, but in the meantime, just wanted evryone to know that we are still in Romania, though we came yesterday from Ludus to Brasov. Brasov is supposed to be the new Prague. I'm not sure what that means, exactly, but I can say that the city is very cool, lots of history but also very fun and hip. There are a lot more young people here than most of the places we have seen so far - the kind that live and work locally, not just tourists. Last night we popped into a bar after our 8 hour train trip (ugh!) through the Romanian mountainside (very beautiful) and met a fun group of guys who showed us a great first night in town.

We have set up camp at a fabulous little hostel on the edge of the city, and though the experience of getting there probably would have put a lot of people off (we were approached at the train station, which may seem kinda sketchy, but is even mentioned in our guidebook as being legit), we are very happy with the place.

We plan to stay here one more night, then travel to Bran tommorrow- Dracula and his castle await. I really want to say some things about Budapest, but that may have to wait...

natalie