Bucharest – Brasov – Rasnov - Bran – Budapest – Split – Hvar Island – Korcula Island – Dubrovnik. 

1. Only stay with old people when you need washing done.  Or when you want to eat curry at 7.30am for breakfast.
2. Never choose a drink based on it being spelt similarly to something else.
3. Maize porridge should be tried once, and only once.
4. Be wary of what you sit under on night trains.  Try to ensure it’s not a case full of Bennadine that’s going to explode on you.
5. Take advantage of luggage holds, esp. when having your backpack makes the difference between playing beach volleyball with Croatian guys or not.
6. ALWAYS join French guys for a bottle of wine when asked.
7. Never trust an American’s dirctions around Budapest.
8. Never tell a Romanian cabbie that it’s your first time in his country,
9. If something looks like cream cheese stuffed in pastry, think about it carefully.
10. Set up a revolutionary clan in a foreign city with fellow travellers.  Create a song, drinking games and entire culture around your clan.  The whole city will be following you everywhere in no time.
11. If it looks like the mountain you’re climbing up is impossible to climb down, carry on anyway.  The views and bruises alone are worth it, but ruining the only pair of trousers you have with you is an added bonus.
12. You can take knives through airport security but NOT suncream.
13. Break into presidential suites whre possible.  It’s always worth it.
14. Riding motorbikes at 100km/h is not scary.  Riding motorbikes at 100km/h with no helmet is.
15. Poledancing is appreciated everywhere.
16. However cold the water is, swim in the ocean.
17. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: practising surf pops after much wine results in things being broken.
18. I can survive with no toiletries/clean t-shirts.  I can’t, however, survive without sunglasses.
19. Don’t slay buskers.  It makes you feel bad.
20. Take inspiration from your fellow travellers.  Hitchhike around Europe (only in BMWs and Mercs) for two weeks on just 50euros; motorbike across 3 continents over two years; travel with nothing but a Swiss army knife and so on..
21. Don’t confuse Åland with Finland. 

 

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