Last week two friends from UC, Anna and Katie, came by Reghin to check up on me.  We cooked some Romanian dishes at my apartment and got ready for an all day trek to Arad, a city on the border of Romania and Hungry, where I would leave to Krakow.  Since the girls had such a short time in Romania, we thought the best way for them to really see the country would be to hitch hike to Arad. 

Hitching to Cluj

We set out towards Cluj and got there early enough to check out the center and go to my favorite tea house, Flowers.  We then walked 40 min to the edge of town where we waited for 40 seconds before a truck driver pulled over for us.  Danny was his name and he was an Italian truck driver transporting tires from Bucharest to Turin.  I was able to understand his Romanian better than one else before and I got some good language practice in.  He could only take us half way to Arad, but was on the CV radio most of the ride trying to find us a ride all the way to our destination.

We pulled over in a traffic circle outside of Oradea and he walked us to another truck who was heading towards Arad.  This guy I could not understand at all.  But after some poor verbal communication and hand jestures we managed to get dropped off only 10 min from where my friend Tim (who lives in Arad) was. 

We partied that night and after minimal persuasion, the girls agreed to come to Krakow with me… despite the fact that they already visited there a week before.  If anyone reading this knows Anna and Katie, give them a pat on the back for being awesome travelling partners and open to changing their travel itineraries.