I have made a serious personal discovery on this trip - I am allergic to cigarette smoke! In fact we all have some reactions to the incessant smoking that is Eastern Europe. Smoking on trains, in restaurants, on buses, at the Internet cafe - everywhere! So, we all have runny noses and clogged sinuses, which means we buy Kleenex in bulk, and blow our noses in public (which is not very feminine!) and get lots of stares.
We've also decided that the best way to combat this congestion is ice cream - a good reward for being sick.
We took a bus to Brasov this morning, and have spent the rest of the day discovering this wonderful little town. Lots of Baroque style buildings, interspersed with lovely Communist construction!, set in this valley of Carpathian Mountains. We climbed up the hill today and got a good aerial view of the town. We picked up a map/guide at the tourist info office and were given really great info such as, "Black Tower - Built in 1494 the Black Tower has been blackened by fire."! Needless to say we're learning a lot, no historical stone unturned!
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