🇷🇴 Romania 2011 — All Posts

  • Preparing for Romania 2011

    Preparing for Romania 2011

    Alina and I are blessed to have the opportunity to visit family and friends in Romania during our summer vacation of 2011. It's been 3 years since Alina…

  • 5 Days Until Departure

    5 Days Until Departure

    Yesterday Alina and I completed our school obligations (her 1st year of her masters program and my 7th year of teaching) and now we are making our list…

  • Where I've Been

    Where I've Been

    Alina and I found this cool website called, " Where I've Been ", and this is a map that shows it:

  • 3 Days Left

    3 Days Left

    Preparing to go on a big trip can be almost as fun as the destination itself. Do you get as excited I do? Planning where to go, what…

  • Departure

    Departure

    We leave Bakersfield Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at 9:00am to LAX. We were able to get a from a son of a friend-- who was going our way.…

  • America to Romania

    America to Romania

    After leaving our house at 9:00am, we made it to LAX at 11:30am and waited in a long line. Our 2 big check in bags needed to be…

  • Salt Mine

    Salt Mine

    Saturday, June 11, 2011, we slept in, ate breakfast, and hit the road with Alina’s brothers, Marius and Bebe, and Augustina, Marius’ wife. We drove to a small…

  • Alina's Birthday

    Alina's Birthday

    Before leaving, I staged a surprise birthday lunch for Alina at Tahoe Joes with food, friends, and fun. However, it was premature, because we celebrated her actual birthday…

  • Adventures in Romania Part 1: Codlea – Travel Hub

    Adventures in Romania Part 1: Codlea – Travel Hub

    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Bebe took Alina and I to the train station in the city of Floresti, Prahova (county), about 30 minutes East from Alinas parents in…

  • Adventures in Romania Series

    Adventures in Romania Series

    Wow-- it has been non-stop traveling since we've last posted. Since we've been traveling so much with limited time, electricity, and internet access, I've tried to keep up…

  • Adventures in Romania Part 2: Sighisora

    Adventures in Romania Part 2: Sighisora

    Wednesday, June 15, 2011 After an almost sleepless night, I (Hans) woke up in a bad mood. At 5:30am. We left early at 6:30 and walked through the…

  • Adventures in Romania Part 3: Brasov

    Adventures in Romania Part 3: Brasov

    Thursday, June 16, 2011 After a long Wednesday at Sighisora, we slept in at Alina's Aunt's vacant apartment. During our stay in Codlea, our breakfast was usually a…

  • Adventures in Romania Part 4: Bran, Rasnov, the Cave

    Adventures in Romania Part 4: Bran, Rasnov, the Cave

    Friday, June 17, 2011 Today was a jammed, packed day of history! We started on our usual route from walking to taxi to the bus station to walking…

  • Adventures in Romania Part 5: Sibiu

    Adventures in Romania Part 5: Sibiu

    Saturday-Sunday, June 18-19, 2011 Codlea had been our our hub of traveling to Sighisora, Brasov, Bran, and Rasnov, but it was time to move on. We packed some…

  • Adventures in Romania Part 6: Bucharest – Where It All Began

    Adventures in Romania Part 6: Bucharest – Where It All Began

    Monday, June 20 - Thursday, June 30, 2011 On Monday, June 20nd, after leaving Sibiu, we took a 6 hour train trip to Bucharest, Romania, arriving at 1:30…