We took a 13-hour overnight train ride with three of our best friends from Sweden. We didn't really see much out the window because it was too dark. Our best friends from Sweden got off at 5AM and we had the cabin to ourselves until we got off at 9:00.
This is the start of our four-month journey in eastern Europe going from south to north starting in Bucharest. We stayed four days in Old Town Bucharest taking tours and looking at the old/new buildings, then took a train to Brasov. Brasov has an old town with very walkable streets lined with shops. One of the tours was a city walk around the old city walls; another was to the town of Bran where Dracula was hiding. We toured his castle (Bran Castle) and Pele Castle and walked their grounds. Romanian has been the prettiest and most underrated county in Eastern Europe. A country that has so much to see and do with lots of history. We leave tonight for Budapest Hungry on a 13-hour overnight train, fun fun!
We had a tough travel day getting to Egypt, 27 hours (Home to AIRBNB), but we enjoyed every minute. We visited the Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx, we went in the pyramids, sat on the pyramids and rode camels. We went to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cario which is only 80% finished, it's the largest museum in the world with a cost of ONE billion dollars. We stayed in old Cario, it's a very large part of the city on the west bank of the Nile, then went to Cario's citadel and the mosque of Muhammad, with a great view of the city and Cario tower. We felt like we were in the Middle East without missiles.
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We are coming close to completing our 2025 Europe travels with a 12-night Northern Europe cruise starting in Copenhagen and ending in South...
