{"id":149,"date":"2016-06-22T17:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/209.222.30.173\/?p=149"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:11:00","slug":"an-interrail-adventure-blog-1-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interrailplanner.com\/blog\/an-interrail-adventure-blog-1-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interrail Adventure &#8211; Blog 1: Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A while back, I approached Interrail Planner about doing a live blog of my own Interrail journey across Europe. I\u2019ll admit, it didn\u2019t take too much persuasion on my part to convince them, so this is what we have now! Welcome to my semi-regularly updated blog about my month-long journey across Europe &#8211; planned using Interrail Planner of course!<\/p><div class=\"inter-content-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"inter-3086082506\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4633244982126279\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4633244982126279\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7158573474\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you\u2019re in Britain, a 10-hour train journey is something that\u2019s difficult to imagine. However, it\u2019s where I\u2019m writing to you from! A two-carriage train is hurtling through the 36\u00b0C Bulgarian countryside, with only the open windows to provide any relief. Oh air con, how we miss you! However, the wind will suffice and the views fail to disappoint!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday I said goodbye to my family, pets and boarded the plane to Bucharest. Landing, the first thing that hit me was the heat: 35\u00b0C during the day. I wanted it to be warm &#8211; just be careful what you wish for! A taxi later and I was in my hostel, I dumped my bag and along with a couple of Swedes, we headed to Eden, a nearby outdoor bar. A very cool place, with hammocks, benches and chairs all under the trees, the perfect place to relax.<\/p><div class=\"inter-content_2\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"inter-2469172145\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4633244982126279\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4633244982126279\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7158573474\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/v6JfNUO9D63leFkJobiymBzd1BTg1N2tS4Z0BMfqO1AfREsXSP2I3T2BhJkjooaWoTi_OqPYNx4QVFEOWT3wVSDsKxCCtaIBCe0HZwNWRWQ0izhH7bRFV1PlbFgEIbyiD9e_t8L0\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"379\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eden, an outdoor bar in Bucharest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday and Saturday were pretty chilled out days, if not in temperature. Art galleries, museums and a lot of relaxing in the nearby park featured &#8211; just what was needed after finishing a degree! What also featured was the famous Interrail activity: the free walking tour! For those unfamiliar with the concept, these are generally 2-hour walks around the city, given by a local. You learn a bit about the history of the city, meet other travellers and find out where the best food is! Learning about Romania\u2019s past, life under communism and the eventual revolution was fascinating, if not a bit dark at times. However, it resulted in me and a few new friends enjoying stew at an old military institution, somewhere we wouldn\u2019t have been allowed near a few decades ago \u2013 amazing how things change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something I should say is that I\u2019ve noticed in the last few days, I\u2019ve suddenly become the go-to expert on the EU referendum. When I left Britain on Thursday, it was 1 week until the vote. So in the run up to it, being the only British person in the hostel, I\u2019ve found myself explaining the situation (as best I can) to French, American and Australian travellers alike. It looks as though I have a go-to topic of conversation until Thursday!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in all, Bucharest was a fantastically relaxed city, perfect for beginning an Interrail journey &#8211; even if the temperature was a bit much. So, as this train hurtles onwards and I try to avoid bugs flying into my eyes from outside the window (along with my ticket getting repeatedly checked by different Bulgarian train staff), I look forward to what Sofia holds!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmanjames26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Jackman<\/a><\/i><i> will be sharing stories from his Interrail trip every few days throughout June and July &#8211; follow us on <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/interrailplanner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/i><i> and <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/planinterrail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/i><i> to catch his updates as soon as they\u2019re posted!<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"inter-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"inter-2089293026\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4633244982126279\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4633244982126279\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"8015293915\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I approached Interrail Planner about doing a live blog of my own Interrail journey across Europe. 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