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  NOMAD MANIA Romania – Southeast (Constanţa, Tulcea, Brăila, Galaţi, Buzău) World Heritage Sites: Danube Delta ?Tentative WHS: L’ensemble rupestre de Basarabi (01/03/1991) Islands: Great Brăila Borders: Bulgaria-Romania Moldova-Romania Romania (sea border/port/river) Romania-Ukraine Lighthouses: Sulina Lighthouse of the European Commission … Continue reading →

Bucharest/South (Craiova, Ploieşti, Călăraşi, Slatina) May 28-June 6, 2019 I crossed into Romania over the huge dam across the Danube just north of the city of Drobeta-Turnu-Severin. There were no issues at either border, specifically my vehicle insurance was active … Continue reading →

Romania – Centre (Brasov, Şibiu, Alba, Mureş, Covasna, Harghita) May 28-June 3, 2019 ȘIBIU (pop 170,000) Sibiu is a city in Transylvania located 275 km north-west of Bucharest. The city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. Now … Continue reading →

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches. It is the second-oldest Slavic Orthodox Church in the world (after the Bulgarian Orthodox Church). The Serbian Orthodox Church comprises the majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is … Continue reading →

Romania – Centre (Brasov, Şibiu, Alba, Mureş, Covasna, Harghita) May 28-3, 2019 ȘIBIU (pop 170,000) Sibiu is a city in Transylvania located 275 km north-west of Bucharest. The city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. Now the … Continue reading →

Serbia – South and East (Niš, Požarevac, Smederevo, Pirot, Kladovo) May 26-27 2019 One sees Roma frequently: riding horse driven carts and their housing “districts” that look like squats – incredibly messy with garbage everywhere. They often beg with children … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS and TIPS on ROMANIA 1. Gas Prices. The price of diesel (higher than gas) in Serbia was one of the highest in southern Europe at an average of about 165 SN or €1.40/l. The price in Romania was an … Continue reading →

Romania – West (Timişoara, Arad, Hunedoara, Caraş-Severin) May 29 – 2019 Arsenal Park Transilvania, Orăştie. This theme park has a distinctly military flavor (archery, archery tag, military instruction, air gun shooting, military transport vehicles), adventure activities (climbing wall, skywalk, zip-line, … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS 1. The thing I find most irritating are that they talk and text while driving all the time. It makes for very distracted drivers. 2. All the Serbs I’ve met have been extremely nice and helpful. I had a … Continue reading →

Serbia – Belgrade, West (Novi Pazar, Kragujevac, Čačak, Kraljevo, Užice) May 23-25, 2019 BELGRADE Day 1 I had a mammoth walk about through all of central Belgrade seeing everything below in this order. Unusually, I had sore feet at the … Continue reading →