Zeroday 28, Odurheiu Secuiesc
We slept in and had a lazy breakfast in bed. We did some (digital) chores, read and went out for lunch. After lunch and shopping, where we thought of buying the Hungarian Scrabble game (we were sure we’d suck at…
Jolanda
Day 179, Zetea – Odurheiu Secuiesc
Weather: 🌥️⛅☁️🌥️☁️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, chimney bread at the side of the road)Track: 🇷🇴 (1 out of 5, long roadwalk again. Practical but not interesting)Hotel: 🛏️🛏️🛏️️🛏️ (4 out of 5, lovely and clean appartment with very good facilities)Name…
Day 178, Suseni – Zetea
Weather: ☁️🌥️☁️🌥️☁️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, wraps with cheese and fruit at a picnic bench in front of the shop in Sicasau) Track: 🇷🇴 (1 out of 5, long roadwalk again. Practical but not interesting) Hotel: 🛏️🛏️🛏️🛏️️🛏️ (5 out of…
Day 177, Ditrau – Suseni – Ditrau
Weather: ☁️🌥️⛅⛅⛅Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, bread on a square in Joseni) Track: 🇷🇴🇹🇩 (2 out of 5, start was pretty, got lost, a lot of roadwalk again. Better than yesterday though)Milestone: 4500 km!Hotel: 🛏️🛏️🛏️️🛏️ (4 out of 5, nice…
Day 176, Tulghes – Ditrau
Weather: ☁️🌧️🌥️🌧️🌥️Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, bread with ham and cream on the side of the road) Track: 🇷🇴 (1 out of 5, most functional way to walk for us, but boring never the less..😅) Hotel: 🛏️🛏️🛏️🛏️ (4 out of…
Day 175, Cabana Fantanele – Tulghes
Weather: ☁️☁️🌥️🌥️🌧️ Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps in a field next to the track) Track: 🇷🇴🇹🇩 (2 out of 5, nice track until after Dochia hut, then hard to find and tough, overgrown track, and finally a roadwalk to…
Day 174, Poiana Largului – Cabana Fantanele
Weather: ☁️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌥️Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, pasta and pizza in Dargau) Track: 🇷🇴🇹🇩 (2 out of 5, ok roadwalk, hard to find and tough, muddy track) Hotel: 🛏️🛏️🛏️🛏️ (4 out of 5, nice room, good bed and shower, good food…
Day 173, Madei – Poiana Largului
Weather: ⛅⛅⛅⛅⛅Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, sandwiches with leftover cheese and bacon from breakfast) Track: 🇷🇴🇹🇩 (2 out of 5, pleasant roadwalking) Hotel: 🛏️🛏️ (2 out of 5, nice, basic cabin) Name of followed trail: alternative trail on the road…
Day 172, Somewhere on a hill – Madei
Weather: ☁️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, bread and cheese from the supermarket in Hilda on a picnic bench) Track: 🇷🇴🇹🇩 (2 out of 5, a lot of searching for the track to get to the road, from there pleasant…
Breaking trail (with a smile)
This morning we’ve come to a decision. After 171 days of following E8, we have chosen to change trails and follow the Via Transilvanica for the Romanian part of our journey to Istanbul. The reason being that with the information…