First Day in Romania

After my pretty decent ride into Brasov, Romania, I then had to wait 3 hours for the next bus to Fagaras. A guy offered me a taxi for 20 euros (SO kind) but I declined and instead paid about £1.50 for my bus. H, my host in Romania, rang me and arranged to be at the bus stop when I got there so I was safely picked up and escorted to the farm.

There, I was met with 20 dogs (mostly chained up due to their balls not being cut off and therefore the frequent tendency to rip each other's throats out) and a stable full of horseys as well as some gypo woman doing the chores. I was fed, watered and then jumped on a horse to go exploring. A few hours later, legs feeling like I'd spent a night in an Amsterdam whorehouse, I disembarked and we sat down for some beers. A truly welcome accompaniment to a heavy day.

The gypos keep asking H in Romanian whether my hair is real. And that they want it. I hope they don't steal it in my sleep.

Next job opp - teaching English in Eastern Europe??

Oh, and I forgot to mention that during my time with the American and the Canadian, I started talking to this other American guy who'd lived in Hungary for 9 years and owned an English speaking school. Apparently he has teachers who are mostly based in Budapest that he send to some other Hungarian city, Vienna in Austria and Slovakia (or was it Slovenia??) to teach. Pay sounds half decent... got his details so I think I'll keep him in mind post-Romanian horse farm...