Globe hoppers

On the road :)

Bucharest is the country's capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms.   park bench Downtown is the tiny Eastern Orthodox Stavropoleos Church which is squashed in between big buildings and a statute of the former King. Church door from Cotmeana Monastery - XVI century

Venez on vous enmène faire un tour au musée de Bucarest   !     Let us take you through Bucarest Art Museum ! Nicholae Grigorescu - The Spy - 1818- 1971 Emil Volkers - On the road - 1870 Josif Fekete - Greyhound - 1937 Maria Maroresca -  Constantin Lecca - 1846   Nicholae Tonitza - Breadline - 1919 Studio interior - Georghe Ioanio  Vladimir Hegel Catholic Church in Campulung - Theodore Aman - 1831 - 1891 Self-portrait - Theodore Aman - 1831 - 1891

Unesco world heritage Built in the 13th century by Count Chyl de Kelling, the Fortified Church at Calnic (German:  Kelling ) is one of the most imposing defensive structures in Transylvania. First documented in 1269, the fortress served as a residence for Saxon nobility until 1430, when it was sold to the peasant community of Calnic. Enclosed by one and a half rings of high walls fortified with a defensive tower to the south and a gate tower to the north, the fortress withstood several Ottoman sieges. Its defense system was completed in the 16th century when a small Romanesque chapel, surrounding walls and a water ditch were added by the Calnic community. The five-story-high Siegfried Tower, the landmark of the fortress, is endowed with defensive corridors and firing windows Weird scenes from Romania - transylvania everyday life : They still use horse carriage ! And they are driving with us , in the same road ! Here you can see food from Romania :)

18.07 : The road climbs to an attitude of 2042 metres making it the second highest mount pass in Romania. It is dotted with steep hairpin turns, sharp descents and magnificent scenery.  La route monte à une altitude de 2042 mètres, ce qui en fait le deuxième col le plus élevé de Roumanie. Elle est parsemée de virages serrés, de descentes brusques et de paysages magnifiques. On a vu un ours !!! Our First bear sighting !

17.07 Visit of Spis Castle,  in Slovakia which is a UNESCO world heritage site :

We also wanted to make a special thank to London print centre  MASSIVE and to Alper at @londonprintcentre for printing our amazing car vinyls! Amazing quality and in less than 12hours ! 228 Archway Rd, Highgate, London N6 5AX londonprintcentre.co.uk 020 8341 0050

Finally, after some problems with the car, we left with 48 hour delay... So we departed from Folkestone on sunday 15th at 3 am, then arrived in Calais at 4. 30 am. We then drove non-stop from Calais via Belgium and Germany ( loved the autobahn with no speed limit ) to get to Czech Republic at 5.30 pm, right on time to register before the closing time at 6pm. So it was close but we made it ! there are approximately 900 participants, the ratio of women per men is of 3 women for 35 guys ! There was around 450 cars We got to see some Mongol Wrestling vs participants and some fire show ! We are on the road !! Finalement, après quelques problèmes avec la voiture, nous sommes parties avec 48 heures de retard ...  Nous sommes donc parties de Folkestone le dimanche 15 à 3 heures du matin, puis nous sommes arrivés à Calais à 4h30 du matin. Nous avons ensuite conduit sans escale de Calais via la Belgique et l'Allemagne (nous avons adoré l'autoroute sans limite de

The globe hoppers Team just took off with a very nice car :) Elle est belle !!! our Suzuki Isibindi was generouly made rally-ready by James and his colleagues at JEM services.      A big thank you !!! Unit 3, Hyde Estate Rd, London NW9 6JX jemservice.co.uk 020 8358 6000