I began my day by coloring my hair. Normally, this wouldn't be newsworthy except that Europe doesn't carry my brand of hair dye, and the boxes I'd seen so far were all in a foreign language. Fortunately, I found a box of L'Oréal that was in English. It was in Romanian as well, but I was happy to be able to understand what to do since it was different than my normal stuff. Once the hair ordeal was over, we met up with our tour guide for the day, Elena. She was...

We had a lazy morning and then decided to visit one of the largest parks in the city. One of the main attractions is an outdoor museum that features over 200 structures that were originally used as homes, barns, etc. by peasants in Romania. Most were donated by families and brought to the museum and reconstructed. They are set amongst all the trees with walkways, it was truly something to see! We ate lunch at an authentic Romanian style restaurant in the park. I...

Our guide, Stefan, picked us up at 8:00 am and away we went to visit Peles Castle. This was one of the very last castles constructed in Europe and was built with electricity and indoor plumbing. It was also lavishly decorated with all kinds of exquisite furnishings and materials. We were supposed to be able to tour on our own, but got lumped in with two other tour groups. Worked out well, though, because the guide showed and explained lots of things we would have...

We wandered around Old Town in the morning and then caught the local Hop on Hop Off Bus for a tour of the city. Lots of beautiful large buildings built in the 19th century, with a lot of French and Greek influence. Our food tour guide had pointed out that the Romanian people wanted their own style, and once you know what to look for, it's pretty evident in most of the buildings. After the bus, we explored a large mall--5 stories, almost no shoppers. Makes me won...

The meeting place for our food tour wasn't too far from where we're staying, but I was worried that if we walked there, my back would give out on me during the tour. So my sweet husband called for an Uber. We were on our way in five minutes! And I think it cost us $2.50, a bargain! Our guide, Lala met us right on time and we were joined by another couple, Savannah and Gordon. We walked through some back streets of Bucharest in neighborhoods called Mahalas, and La...