The penultimate day

Cosmo and Wilfred had enjoyed the warmth of the pods so much that they were refusing to get up this morning, saying they would rather stay and enjoy the warmth. This is becoming a rather common theme with these two, good thing we only have one more morning we need to convince them to get out of bed for.

We finally managed to get them out of bed, only by promising them a few games of whist and karma. Wilfred mostly won of course, with Cosmo taking second most times. This caused a bit of feud between the two, though it was instantly forgot after the game had ended.

We then headed off to Tampa, this time taking the cable car to complete another one of our minor projects. This being Cosmo’s first time ever riding in a cable car he was terrified; but luckily Wilfred managed to convince Cosmo to give it a try, though it really did take some convincing. After finally getting onto the cable car Cosmo really did enjoy himself, wanting to instantly ride it again.

The views from the top in the day were stunning, though did not compare to those of the sunset we had seen a couple days prior.

After heading back down we went in search of some postcards to complete our final minor projects. They proved more difficult to find than you would expect, taking us at least an hour to find any. Then the search moved to finding a post box, this proved a lot easier than the postcards only taking us a two minute walk from our hostel.

We then headed off to a local shopping center for some supplies. While trying to locate the supermarket inside Cosom got distracted by a pool hall, where of course we had to stop and play a few games.

We then headed back to get pack away our kit and prepare for the final day of our expedition. With all of our minor projects completed and our major project well under way, we have now started preparations for our presentation.

Tomorrow we are making our way back to Rasnov, where our expedition started. While there we are hoping to visit the citadel and will be taking Eddie to the dino park, which he has not stopped talking about since arriving in Rasnov.

Cosmo goes on a day trip

We started the by sharing breakfast with our neighbours in the hostel, then heading off to Sinaia for the afternoon. It was an easy journey, compared to the four hour train from yesterday, only lasting about an hour.

After arriving in Sinaia we headed straight to Peleș Castle, and the monastery. The views were incredible and Cosmo and Wilfred thoroughly enjoyed them selves, forcing us to take photos all along the way.

After spending most of the morning and afternoon at Sinaia we headed back to Brasov to grab something to eat. After finishing up some delicious pizza we went to the fountain in the council square to meet up with team 3. It was good to see team 3 as we had not met up with them since the first day of our expedition.

After saying our goodbyes to team 3 we met up with the leaders, filling them in on how our explorer belt had been going.

We now only have two days left of our expedition, where has the time gone. over the next two days we will be staying in Brasov, hopefully heading up the cable car, visiting some more of the local attractions and finishing up all of our minor projects.

Completing the loop

We started off the day by exploring the rest of Sibiu, and getting some lunch while we waited for our train to Brasov. The journey was long, almost four hours, though Cosmo and Wilfred still seemed to enjoy it.

After arriving we headed straight to our hostel, though it wasn’t your typical hostel as you can see.

After grabbing some dinner we headed to Mount Tampa. It was quite the climb leaving Cosmo and Wilfred rather tired, though the view from the top was defiantly worth it.

Cosmo and Wilfred really enjoyed the view almost refusing to leave when we told them it was getting dark, though the promise of food helped to convince them.

Whilst heading back down Mount Tampa we ran into team 1, it was good to see them. The last time we had met up was on day 2 of the expedition. That is the first week of the expedition done, only three days to go.

Tomorrow we will be heading out to Sinaia for the day, then returning back to Brasov to finish up exploring the last parts of the city.