From Bucharest to Timisoara it’s 16 hours in an ancient train through Romania. The 4-person sleeper cars’ beds are about 180 centimeters long. I’m 185 centimeters tall. Although the rooms were stuffy and hot, the air conditioner, ironically, only worked when the train stopped. There was no dining car. And I didn’t bring food. After the train arrives in Timisoara, it’s another 8 hours by bus to Belgrade, Serbia.
During the bus trip, there was a border crossing. While waiting the combined two hours at Romania and Serbia’s customs, I told myself: Never again.
That was a still-sweltering September.
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