Cross country adventure

Last weekend was my last weekend in Timisoara. My roommate had to go and get her car in Bucharest, and she didn't want to drive back by herself, so I let a friend drive my car from Bucharest, she followed him and then I drove back with my friend with my stuff. I worked out for all of us, cause she was able to follow someone, our friend got to visit his family, and I got back to Bucharest.

So on Sunday at about 11 am we packed up my car and I drove out Timisoara. I won't go into all the detail, it was pretty much an uneventful ride. Except we did sit for over a hour in a small village in traffic. Romania is the size of Oregon. It did take us about 10 hours to drive about 600 KM. That roughly 375 miles. So you do the math on how fast we were driving, it was anywhere from 40 miles/hour to about 75 miles/hour. (Actually that was my friend driving).

I think the stressful part was driving thru the mountains. The roads are so narrow and you have huge trucks passing you on the other side. The whole trip is on a two lane road. But I made it home safely.

I have decided that the next 2 weeks is going to be "Ellena Time." Time for me to relax, figure out how to drive in Bucharest, (All of the roads are torn up, it crazy), get settled in, and to catch up on some paperwork. And if I have time, read a book.

The nice thing is, well at least yesterday and today, the weather is cool. In fact last night, it started raining and has been raining all morning. I love it. But of course it needs to stop by 1 so I can run to the office, make some copies and then run to hair dresser. Don't want to have to drive out in the rain.