Bucharest, 2014-12-10

SNOW! After a night of mostly rain, we woke to large white flakes swirling around our window. Unfortunately it had stopped snowing by the time we finished breakfast, and didn't leave enough cover to last the morning, but we've seen our first snowfall of the trip and that makes me happy.

Today was the first "planned" day on our trip. The morning was to be some "admin": double checking finances to make sure we had all the money we've been spending, doing a bit of laundry¹ and then lunch. After lunch, the plan was for Andy and I to head to Muzeul Național de Artă Contemporană (MNAC) and the come back to pick up Andy's grandparents and take them out to a restaurant for dinner.

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Bucharest, 2014-12-09

As expected, Bucharest is a fairly low-key, laid-back and lazy affair for us. A combination of jetlag, spending time with Andy's grandparents, and just general unwinding means we haven't really done much in terms of an "active" holiday.

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Sydney, 2014-12-06

So it's finally travel time. After months of anticipation, today Andy and I get on a plane and head to Romania, followed by the US. I'm starting to get excited now (just over an hour before departure as I write this), but it's been a pretty stressful lead up to travel, and not a preparation routine I recommend.

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