The anniversary of our departure from Australia has just ticked over! This is the selfie we took when we started travelling within Australia on September 11, 2013 – we were on our way from Sydney to Coffs Harbour. Yes, we…

Wednesday was the big day – time to visit the famous Salina Turda, the Turda Salt Mine. We caught a minibus from Cluj, and the driver told us which stop to get off at, and which road to follow to…
You can’t visit Transylvania without visiting Dracula’s castle. Of course, it’s not really Dracula’s castle, because Dracula is not real. (Sorry, all those vampire-lovers out there.) It is the castle of a Romanian nobleman who was known as Vlad the…
Our journey to Bucharest began with lovely Bulgarian mountain scenery as the sun gradually set. We had booked sleeper berths, and the lady at the station had considerately given us two bottom berths, saying that the train was not crowded,…