a stopover in Brasov, Romania
As there was a night bus going directly from Chisinau to Brasov, without having to navigate Bucharest, I thought I would stop off there for a few days on my way back to Bulgaria. It's a very pretty town, which I wandered around taking photos of the old houses, the remaining bits of city wall, and a few other attractive buildings such as this one to the left, and I also did a steep hike up the mountain that overlooked the town, zooming in to take the photo above of the main 'square' in the old town. But it all felt extremely touristy and I didn't really enjoy it as much as I had my time in Chisinau. One of the reasons for stopping there was to visit one of the famous Transylvania castles. I was told that most people who visited Bran Castle ('dracula's castle') were disappointed, and that Peles Castle was much better, so I worked out how to get to the train station and took myself off to Peles Castle for a day, with a couple of other guests from my hostel. I...