After a crazy/busy start to our time in Brasov, the last three days have been the ultimate in chill-axing. And it has certainly been chilly! Overnight lows have been down to -12 degrees and days have been blue skies and sunny and usually freezing... 0 degrees or a bit more. On Friday we finally managed to leave the house by midday, did a spot of grocery shopping at Billa (our new fave hunting ground for ready to eat Romanian food). By the time we had a late lun...

Today (Monday) we had our first success in actually getting a Bucuresti cabbie to drive us somewhere (remember we've been here 10 days). With our packs packed and ourselves booted and spurred, we only had to ask four (4!) cabbies to take us to the central railway station. The trouble is they are paid shockingly. 1.39 lei per kilometre... 30 cents perhaps? So in rebellion they generally sit about all day smoking and refusing fares unless they are more or less hea...