Fivemack flees the country

[fivemack]

After procrastinating about this since roughly the fall of the Ceaucescus, I've finally decided to go to Romania, 29th June -> 7 July.

Booking holidays nowadays is almost absurdly easy; ten minutes on the Web and £200 on credit cards, and I have a flight from Bristol to Bucharest and back, travel insurance, and a bed in a dormitory at the Elvis Villa Hostel, the best-reputed youth hostel in all Bucharest.

Not sure exactly what I'll do in Romania - I'm tempted, if only to re-enact a scene cliched in spy thrillers, to take the sleeper across the mountains to Sofia and spend a few days there. The impression I get is that there are lots of quite attractive places in Romania, but none of them are Bucharest; it may be this will be a holiday substantially spent on East European trains.

Comments

[rwl.livejournal.com]

I like Gdánsk as much as Kraków. The old town is very nice and even though it doesn't have a famous castle, there is a splendid waterfront. Problem is, Gdánsk is about a four hour train ride north from Warsaw. I also like Katowice, but that's because I have friends there, not because the city is a tourist attraction. Warsaw has become a mostly western city in the past several years -- prices there are significantly higher than, for example, in Kraków. But it's still worth visiting, as is mot of Poland.