Tuesday 15th July 2008 – Brasov, Romania

It was still thunder and lightning when we woke and the rain was incessant and heavy. Our plans to visit Brasov were postponed and we decided to stay in the van until the weather improved. It didn't!It rained the whole day with only occasional short breaks. During one of these we saw a pair of woodpeckers on a nearby tree and as soon as these flew off, a pair of tree creepers arrived on the same tree. We then heard a pecking noise on the van windscreen, discovering a wagtail eating the squashed flies off our wipers. We thought that we were going to have a day of wildlife but, apart from the goats, sheep and cows travelling through the field, we didn't see anything else.
We didn't have any bread left and, given that we had plenty of spare time, I decided to make some. It was good to have some really tasty granary bread – Romanian bread is not very exciting. We have played lots of Scrabble and cribbage over the months but took the opportunity to try something a little more challenging. We used Jane's book of card games to find out the rules of Canasta and gave it a go. It took a while to get the hang of it but it it was good fun and filled a couple of hours.
Late in the evening the rain stopped and the sky cleared just a little, perhaps the sun will shine tomorrow?
Photos: It is possible to rent chalets of different sizes at Camping Darste but these, the smallest, look like Wendy Houses!