<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Early start this morning wasn't quite so early by the time we got going, but we drove over the wide Danube again and over the border into Bulgaria. We drove into the mountains and ended up getting to Veliko Tarnovo sooner than anticipated, which meant we had a whole 4 hours to look around this amazing town on the clifftops. Bulgaria is much cheaper than Romania! We walked up to the remai...

Today we headed to Peles Castle in the town of Sinaia. They do guided tours around the reception rooms of this amazing castle which was only built around 1900! Very beautiful and set in a valley with snowy peaks behind. We drove towards Bucharest and as we were getting closer a stone must have got flicked up or something and with a huge crash, one of the front windows of the truck broke, showering the people in the front row with glass. Fortunately auto-gla...

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Early start today to head out of Budapest and across the flat eastern part of Hungary. We reached the border just after lunch and had to stop for a passport check, no hassles. The roads immediately on the other side of the border were terrible - I guess because so many trucks pass through there every day. There is a lot of construction work going on there both on the roads and buildings. ...

Away by 8 this morning after getting up early to cook the porridge. Breakfast feels more civilised if you have been up cooking it rather than rushing around getting a tent down. We headed right for the border with Hungary and stopped to spend all our euro coins. Changed some notes to HUF (Hungarian Florins?) and ended up with thousands! Another beautiful sunny hazy day.. we are so lucky with the weather! Feels like summer here. Once we arrived at the campsit...

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> We drove all day yesterday to reach Vienna, and today we had a full day in the city. We spent most of the day with Russell and Heather (who are from Warrnambool in Victoria). We basically wandered around the city from spire to dome to spire, seeing the Stephensdom and several other churches. It was easter saturday so many of the monuments inside were covered with purple cloth and I assume...