Day 1&2 Traveling to Bucharest, Romania

By Ellen Outten

 

Any port in a storm. Wayne found someone to push him.   Wayne's on the right.  Wayne took advantage of every ride he could get.

We made it to Bucharest. It's 8 pm here and we're having a little dinner. It's our first meal of the day since I passed on breakfast option on the plane.  

It's 10 am back in Phoenix. It's been 24 hours since we boarded the plane in Phoenix. We'll sleep well tonight! Breakfast starts at 6:30 tomorrow morning and then a bus tour of Bucharest before boarding the ship tomorrow afternoon. 

And now for a decent night's sleep.

Travel from the airport to the hotel.  The Romanian Arc de Triumph.  Half the size of the one in Paris France.
27-m high granite arch built in memory of WWI troops, with internal stairs for city views.


These are the sights I snapped on the way to the hotel from the airport.

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