After a slow start in Graz the Wanderers reach peak wow in the Austrian Alps. A walk in the woods. Monday morning. To pull on long trousers. To feel a chill on my arms as PDog and I walk through the woods. Drips from the trees onto those arms. Down my neck. Plucky new oaks, […]
Author: Kelvin Collins
In praise of Romania (by van), and Zsolney’s ceramics.
The simple luxuries of a campsite. At our campsite in the morning the French were all complaining about the dogs barking through the night. Hopefully they’ll get used to it. It’s such a feature of Romania that we’ve stopped noticing. The campsite looked after us well. Showered, with a bit more hand washing done, with […]
Brilliant Bucharest. Way beyond our expectation.
Bucharest. Way beyond our expectation. Romania is changing fast, and nowhere is changing faster than the capital. We arrived on the poorer southern outskirts of Bucharest on Thursday afternoon. The south side is dug up. Big time. And it’s pretty much what we expected. Crumbling concrete. Rough roads. The occasional horse and cart among the […]
Across Bulgaria, plains, concrete and joy.
The contrast brought by distance. After two fabulous weeks trundling down the Black Sea coast it was time to head in land towards Bucharest, and hopefully to a man who can fix the water pump. The coast doesn’t give a real picture of the country, as we were to find out almost immediately. In the […]
Bulgarian beach bums.
Beauty. My perception of beauty is different to yours. In fact, my idea of what’s beautiful will be different today than what it was yesterday. In Vama Veche, the Romanian hippie resort, there was little that caused an adoring intake of breath as you stared across the cacophony. But it was fun. In Kamen Bryag, […]
Romania. Big change. The sea.
To the sea. At last we’re on a cliff top overlooking the sea. It has been 14 weeks and 4900 miles since I last saw the sea. The longest I’ve missed it. Corbu may not be the best, but I’m very happy to be here. But first we have two days of travel. The floods. […]