Lithuania is not a huge country and has good roads. I decided to rent a car for 24 hours (24 euro, unlimited mileage, basic insurance) and drive north of Kaunas. First stop was in the old town of Kieidanai (Kiejdany…
Kaunas – Kowno, Lithuania
My first flight took me early in the morning from Gdansk to London Luton. This was my first time in Luton and I am not impressed. Long, long and narrow corridors will take you to immigrations (be prepared for the…
New European voyage!
New European trip! I’ll be off for several days to visit our eastern neighbors – Lithuania and Kiev. In Lithuania I wasn’t 30 years, and Kiev saw 40 years ago… Eastern Europe from Soviet times had changed a lot, I’ll…
End of Transylvania voyage
Low-cost airlines start their flights early. It was still dark in Timisoara when my new friend Sorin was driving me throuch the center of the city to the airport. We passed beautifully illuminated orthodox cathedral and opera (sorry Sorrin, I…
Parks and squares of Timisoara
Timisoara is probably the third biggest city in Romania. I have a pleasure to be hosted here by Mr Sorin from Couchsurfing. He also travelled a lot, speaks fluent English so we have a good time. I tried for the…
Hunedoara Castle
Romania has few beautiful castles. Corviv Castle has the opinion to be the most important and most picturesque Gothic castle in this country. To get there I took the bus from Alba Iulia to the city of Deva, overlooked by…
Citadel in Alba Iulia
Alba Iulia was founded by Roman Emperors but now it is famous for its citadel, buit by Austrians. It is huge fortress with few ornate gates and lovely promenade outside high walls. Wide terrain of the citadel is housing two…
Evening in Sibiu
In the evening I took a long walk around lively old town in Sibiu, meeting people, taking, taking pictures. The old buildings and momuments were nicely illuminated. I have good time!
Old Sibiu in Romania
Intercity bus travel in Romania is provided by many small companies so foreign tourist has a problem to manage. But I discovered very useful web page to check almost every intercity connection. Try www.autogari.ro it is updated and you will…
Cluj-Napoca in green Transylvania
After 3 hours drive in the public bus (ticket costs 28 lei) I am in Cluj – Napoca – historic city founded by Roman emperor. Cluj is famous for its universities (a lot of students in the streets) and many…