I stopped in my hotel for the hottest part of the day, then headed up to the fortress after four. Tsarevets Fortress is the grand sight I...

I chose a random restaurant in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, and spotted this on the menu. Wolf bits? What does this mean?  I'l...

The hotel breakfast was nothing special, I knew, from reading reviews on TripAdvisor. And so when I encountered packaged bread, cheese, and...

The train pulled into Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria shortly after 6 P.M. I dragged my bag along behind me off the train and onto the platform...

I waved down a taxi to the Brașov train station in the morning. "Uh...train?" The driver looked at me and tilted his head. ...

I went on a tour of Peles Castle , Bran Castle, and Rasnov Fortress.  These and medieval villages were the reason I'd come to this p...

The train from Sighișoara to Brașov was 40 minutes late, and I was weary from my night on the train and three-hour tour of the medieval vil...

I crossed the bridge over the Târnava Mare River, and looked for steps up the cliff to the medieval old town of Sighișoara, Romania. I'...

The train pulled in late to Sighisoara, right after the mist burned off the morning. I approached the train information booth. "Is ...

I tugged my bag up the train steps and into the sleeper carriage in the Budapest railway station. It was empty save for me. But there were ...