The Great Balkans Road Trip: Bucharest to Blackpool (Day 13)

Welcome to the final part of my series following my Just You tour of the Balkans – through Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. If you’re joining us late, you can follow the whole series at the link below. Travel Diaries Today it was time to say goodbye to the Balkans, Bucharest and my new buddies, as we packed our cases for the final time. Breakfast at Radisson Blu Bucharest Now this was a five star breakfast! I was spoiled for choice but, now well trained by Paddington, I leaned towards the healthier choices. I was super excited to find a whole salmon on one of the counters! I was all over that. I remained unimpressed with the quality but mainly the quantity of coffee offered over here. Forgive the lack of coin for scale but this is how the coffee was served. No wonder I was topping up with water (and a glass of juice). After breakfast, we congregated outside the hotel to wait for our bus. A passing cyclist waved at us. I so loved these Romanians! It was like being…