Day 1: Burst tires and Interesting Hostels

We started our day at 10am. We set off expecting the 4 hour walk to Braşov to go smoothly not to mention our day as a whole!

About 2 hours in Dillon’s hayfever left him blinded so for the first time of the day Super James came to the rescue. After we sorted that out we decided it was best to take the bus to Braşov.

Eventually we arrived in Braşov to find It was another hours walk in the blistering heat to our hostel. 20 minutes in and our group begins to struggle which forces us to seek shade and stop. So for the 2nd time today Super James swooped in to save the day as he does. He put us in some taxis which we were expecting to take us to our hostel. WRONG!! They dropped us in the middle of a maze of streets and after consulting with google maps and a bit more walking we eventually made it to the hostel. We were move around different rooms until Super James came along and dealt with the owner firmly. We think James felt sorry for the horrendous day we were having so he kindly gave Stephen and I a lift to McDonald’s to get our groups dinner but Super James decided that mounting the kerb was a great idea and he ended up bursting the tire

Unfortunately there was no Jag dealerships about to get the tire fixed, Stephen and I were left to change the tire with the help of 2 friendly Romanians and an F1 style bolt gun.

At least our expedition can’t get any worse from here on in!