the way to non-CS

1, July
(,,When I was staying in student's dormitry of Xanthi few weeks ago, I met Dimitri who invited me to
his family's summer house in southern Greece for August, then no answer-mail from him but I tried to call him but)
Luckily he was in Thessaloniki with his parents and could host me. He showed me romantic port with hard political talk, his balcony is above neibour church's roof,Wao.
.Many people tell me "You should make your own family more than traveling alone" though, his interesting friend who is icon artist told me seriously "It's better to have your wife and children and travel together."
.It's 3rd times I've found someone non-CS host in Greece.
(,,to be continued)
2, Jul (Sat.)
I wanted to talk more with interesting student Dimitri but his family couldn't host me another night, so I couldn't concentrate the game of chess with his moving even my horse to teach me chess.
He wanted to lend me some books until I visit to our summer house in August but I can't be sure about 1 month later so I decline books and left him
,,but they introduced me some squat(?) people, so I tried to knock there but a guy appeared the door
"Have you contacted with someone here beforehand?"
---then now it's 10pm,I'm trying to find another CS-host in Thessaloniki mail,
but only an an answer "welcome but tomorrow"---
Mikropolis(cafe? bar? in center of Thessaloniki) was full of people till midnight,
but in computer (free) room was not, sometimes the main guy of there? comes but no talking with me,thanks, I continued to send so many CS-request-mail to Athens or other cities till early morning,,, after all, I can't leave from CS-addiction??---
3,Jul (Sun) ---Oops, the entrance of Mikropolis was alreday locked, nobody left there except me.
At noon, I was scolded by the guy "Here is not hotel, Don't sleep here again."
I rambled lonely Sunday city but still went back and check mail in Mikropolis.
Walked till the edge of city,bus terminal, met CS-host 7pm.
He didn't tell me he has other CS-guests, ususally I want to avoid it but
they were so cool bike travelers with performing puppets.
(,,to be continued)
4, Jul
I continued to send many CS-mails, and as I was waiting confirmation from next host about today
I stayed inside till 7:30pm. It's already one of petterns of my spending day,so
by many reasons,I should change my way.
Although I hadn't asked the host one more night, he repeated to stay tonight but I couldn't stand to extend staying in Thessaloniki by memories that I hadnt written here etc,, and at least I've found CS-host in Athens.
8pm hitchhike, Thanks music teacher/diving teacher Aleks.---a couple drove me and "When you publish your travel book,please write about us." OK,surely I wrote about You here now,even if I've forgotten Your names.---by truck driver till exit of Kozani, around 11pm maybe. Luckily I could reach till there smoothly but,
there is still several km till city,and no one picked me up and no one living there I was fasting again naturally but it's OK, but it's a bit cold to sleep outside,, there was small stall of church like a hut under construction and there was a candle with fire,,I haven't expect that I would sleep with feeling the warmth of it although it's in July,,
5, Jul
---Of course I woke up with tired body, by the way every morning I woke up with tiring body these days even in hosts' couch,,
.Police car came to me and checked my passport, then answered me intentional wrong direction to my question which way is to Kozani city?
.It's morning but was hard to stand (with some walking) for a few hours. Finally Yiannis picked me up till city center and helped to contact with CSer besides treated me hotdog and coffee. Finally I met a CSer who wrote me big welcome mail (but when I called her on the way of hitchhike "I'm not sure hosting,I haven't asked my parents") but even today she still, "I haven't asked it parents." !? So why you don't try to ask now? Please don't write me from the first time "I'll be glad to host you" with many suggestions with me. But still, I didn't have reason to say No to her trip suggestion as Yiannis offered to join it by his drive (He came to Kozani for his job though?)
It was so nice trip to 3 or 4 nice nature spots but, as I couldn't sleep last night normally, so that practically I'm still on the way of my trip since last evening besides since I can imagine this evening's knocking doors, practically it was second part of continuous 3 of my trips, on the contrary hilarious Yiannis "Good place,now I'm like a child!" I couldn't be smiley,,
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By exhausting body 5pm, but only by 3 minutes's standing, Aleks who was heading to go to Larisa picked me up (with inviting me to his village near Kozani about later days, I wish it was today?!) so my destination was decided to Larisa, he works as ambulance doctor, so he must have skill of super-sonic driving but his driving was slowly safe as his job often demands him to meet awful traffic accidents. He asked his tonight's host/his cousin about me but the answer was no. 7pm central square in Larisa, I started (not knocking doors but) asking people on the street---
.Most of (young)people answered me "It's difficult." but that's the reason why I try it.
After I continued it on the bridge for an hour, police group came to me and kicked me out there.
10:30pm, finally a student and friends helped me to inquire their unversity's squat place but the answer was It's full today. but they guided me to the gathering of people who is discussing about strike etc,,
I asked these people but they tried to help me by offering me hotel's room for free, so I explained them it's misunderstanding and tried to leave there but they persuaded me friendlily that no one is bothered by me, so finally I decided exceptional case to accept their big hospitality, but after all the hotel asked me fee, so I left there but,,,
(,,to be continued)
6, Jul
Larisa
---woke up 11am, but soon it became sunset time. I just had been talking with Marina or resting in home. Surely most greatest host I could meet in Greece but they can't host tonight,,,again to gathering in square,Petros asked people about me,but no response, but I didn't repeated asking people on the street again, just I tried to go out city by walk with trying hitcthike but it's already dark, no car stopped me, but I was still drunken by satisfaction by yesterday's many memories with good luck. Almost 1am, I asked hosting to bikeshop's man who is still repairing a bike,but he indicated a park normally,,,Yes,it's not only because of Greece but also because of the season not hard to sleep outside, so it's hard to find host from random houses.
After all, I slept better couch of closed cafe---
(,,to be continued)
7, Jul
---Got up before 6am by sunlight and noise of the road but I didn't leave there till the worker of cafe comes,she was shocked when she noticed me, Sorry for making her disgusting start of the day.
. Morning is ideal for hitchhike. A guy drove me a little and "Fing my name by facebook." Sorry I don't use facebook.
.7am, the driver whom I hitchhiked already knew me (saw me in central square'gathering but didn't talked me?) besides he's a CSer, drove me to Metola.
All the while he narrated how he studys Esperanto even by summer courses in foreign country.
His blog about me  ,,but Oh, Greek is all Greek to me!?
.Then I slept on the bench for 3 hours,,,
.In afternoon,Too hot for sightseeing in Meteola but an Israeli travaeler Daniel who loves island and sea picked me up by his scooter.
Then I repeated sitting down and walking, after hitchhike to Trikala, in the park for 2 hours,,
7pm, I met a CSer and chat in cafe.
After 9pm, hitchhike, stood for 2.5 hours, when I gave up, a guy and girls picked me up to Karditsa,
then just rambled city center,almost hadn't asked people to host me (people seemed to busy to enjoy summer night,so),,when I was napping at square a guy came and gave me some pieces of pizza,Oh,,, finally I slept outside couch of closed cafe again.
(,,to be continued)
8, Jul
Morning park was full of wild peacocks out of fence !?
.Started hitchhike edge of city after 7am
---many car but everybody ignores me, soon it became hot and strong sun, it makes me tired and sleepy soon (besides 2 nights outside sleeping so) slept for a while under the bush then continued to stand, 10am finally an old guy drove me but only for 5km, continued with trying not faint---
Later I noticed but I was dreaming a bit by standing alone in the heat at same spot all day, in front of a house with a yard with a tap water but gate was open. An grandmother appeared on the balcony so I asked to borrow a tap, then repeating drinking and bathing it from the head often, it's no use to change the spot, anyway people don't stop at all.When I was remembering I haven't eaten today an grandmother came from door and gave me a food with something words, although with sitting nearby hot car road,it was memorably tasty soft boiled vegetables,Thank you! but still situation was the same, Oh today I was burnt skin so much even more than swimming at the beach!? finally a car stopped but to the other way, he wanted to help me but could help to let me know it's already 5pm! an grandmother hadn't been at balcony,maybe in siesta time? I couldn't stop to look back to balcony and started to think to ask her to host me tonight? Then she was there again but behind the curtain,,  I nearly gave up and look back but a car was stopping finally at 6m. Soon an grandmother shouted me something with waving hand even with throwing kisses, Thank you for supporting me from inside house but even sharing hitchhike with me for all day!
---Wild driver was friendly but makes rolling cigarets often,even on the highway with overtaking cars by handling wheels by legs, and also opens big map to show where we are now on highway!?
---He was heading to Athens, dropped me off at closest exit to Livadeia,,,but still 35km more,and sunset, chickens don't stop,,finally a car drove me till suburb of Livadeia,,,but I didn't knw it was still 6km more, walking like down the slope near mountains but without streetlamp and sidewalk but every car drives so fast, big frustration---

finally I met my CS-host 0am.
(,,to be continued)

9, 10, 11, 12, Lavideia
Host's favorite radio

My favorite group's new song

(,,to be continued)

Thessaloniki

----If you can come to Thessaloniki till the end of  June, let's meet,,

13, Jun
----Thanks Spiros!
My mission in Greek trip was decided that "Hitchhike his car again in somewhere!?"

Yeah, it's been a long time since I met with Big city! center of Thessaloniki 18:30
,,,appearance of buildings reminded me Taiwan!?
Nice host, and nice boyfriend, nice evening seaside with many walking people. 
14, Jun
Many of great CS-hosts have no information in their profile.
Meeting with super-interesting student from Azerbaijan---who has no information on her profile.
15, Jun
everywhere everybody  doesn't work Today by strike, even water has stopped till noon!(No it's just some accident), even no internet!(No I clicked wrong space),,but stormy rain stopped people's demonstration in the city,,strike was striked? I'm also kind of in strike as inside house whole day,,
neighbour artist Alina from Romania visited with her soup but she asked me "Why don't you work job? What do you eat? Do you like such travel?" so I couldn't eat it soon,,
She showed me her all kinds of art, and many songs or culture of Greek,like How various and rich and interesting Greece is!,,I was impressed by them by Romanian.
16, Jun
Volha is student in Vilnius,we failed to meet there last year, then failed again in her hometown Minsk,,,finally we managed it in Greece.
I was tired but as long as next host in village can drive me,I left previous host after 9pm----Oh, beautiful night city lights from village----Finally almost finished sending CS-mail to Thessaloniki after 4am.Oh, What a beautiful morning birds'singing
17, Jun
got up afternoon. Everytime when host Annie calls me Ushi-Sushi I laugh its funny sounds,,,Although I always sign UShi-Sushi in e-mail,rare people calls me so.
On the village' road on the way of climbing up to mountain,a turtle was walking! Greece is big nature land. 
beautiful birds' twitter 5am.
18, Jun
village with good radio from France
Joined BBQ'evening (after 10pm of course),
host-family's friend's family's house in neighbour village but no electriccity,good.
I sang with guitar in darkness.
From 2am, I tried to search CS-hosts in greek islands,,,Oh, there so many hosts in many islands!? couldn't go to bed till 5:30am, then couldn't got to sleep by beautiful bird's concert :)
19, Jun
I sent CS-mail her last night 3am, she answered me 1:30pm as host's invite, but we could meet 24:00. 
20, Jun
"DO YOU WANT MORE VICTORY?" --- translate to greek, "Thessaloniki"
21, Jun
left host in Thessaloniki 4pm, hitchhike to Halkidiki, to middle of 3 legs(peninsula),
arrived host in village Vourvourou 11pm.
22, Jun
beautiful beach, but touristic place is not comfortable for me.
23, Jun
woke up 2pm, hitchhike from 7pm, Thessaloniki 9pm, then Moby.
24, Jun
woke up 1pm, got depressed 3pm under the strong sun, so I tried to sleep in host's nest again,again and again, it's not only because some hosts cancelled me or summer'Greece is not the place for me etc. but as long as the weather will become only hotter and people tend to go into vacation more,I don't think I can get along with Greece more,I don't need to stay here whole of this summer, now I just want to stop travel but it doesn't mean going back to Japan or else, it's same as when someone wants to stop living, it means to die, so in any case I will travel unless I decide to settle down somewhere. Anyway tonight's my host J will come back home 2 am, so I'm still waiting in previous host's home now 0 am.
25, Jun
,,,finally Ididn't move to next host J last night, called to say sorry in the morning but no connection, I repeated to sleep and wake up,,,finally I left 5pm.
26, Jun
Oh, thanks to read my blog instead of me.
But since  Halkidiki' trip I'm almost depressing.
Surfed non-Greek host, non CS-host.
27, Jun
.The price of stamp for sending post-mail is same to any country in the world !?
.J wrote me mail that wll come back from weekend's trip on Monday, but still no mobile connection,
so I tried visit but no, waited for hours but no.
.After Thessaloniki, I still haven't received any CS-host's invite, besides
one of answer-mails was very long with so many comments for my profile,,
it's always better than nothing to hear someone's opinion though,
he even got angry about some of my descriptions!? though,
he tries to take a risk to host me!?,,,no I won't go this time, I'm down now, no energy for it.
But I just can write as I think and as I want to write,,
28, Jun
.Someone CSer sent me interesting e-mail besides
she is fond of one of my descriptions in my profile, but
that's exactly what I was thinking to delete it lately.
I just write as i think and as i want to write,,
.It's not the first time though,
one of answer mail from CSer "OK, Let's meet when you have time etc,,"
,,,Yes I wrote "I came your city in this June, I will be in this country till August,,"
but it's last summer. 
. I was reading Iranian comic "PERSEPOLIS" with sitting by the street,
when it was about demonstration, real Greek demonstartion' procession passed by in front of me.
.As I eat only when someone offered me foods, sometimes I eat too much in a day but
unexpectedly fasting also happens sometimes, as CS-host doesn't need to offer foods and I don't ask it,
for these 4 days I'm eating once in a day, but I walked with luggage
from Alisttheles square till Kalamaria for sevaral km along the bay, because taking a bus costs,of course,
but it's nice to see the sea.
and even if cape? of Kalamaria was so far, I decided to imagine that
I traveled by walk from far country till here, it means that the cape is visible, just near here!?
maybe I was used to comfortable travel for long, since,,,I don't know when though.
usually travel consists of more undesirable affairs(at least in my travel), but I don't need any comfortable situation, just I want to live interesting life, always want to be in the middle of excitement, in any case.
but it always dissapointment comes when I expect much, so if I could keep the state of mind like
nothing expectations, I can always surprise and enjoy with excitement (actually it means that I'm expecting it,,)
actually I don't know what exactly I'm doing, but also I don't think I can't tell you How interesting I'm feeling?
but I'm trying to preach to myself that whatever hard or discouragement,all of my travel since I left Japan is still on the way of process of practice for the main subject of future African trip,so I will continue this.
(,,to be continued)
29, Jun
,,There's still no good answer from any city's CS-host in Greece,Where should I travel next? it's one of most my heaviest time about CSing but I still try to send e-mails to many cities, I don't want to go to Athens directly from here but no choice? but anyway I almost don't have passion for Greek travel anymore,,
after all, long CS-work today as well, leaving host's flat 9 pm, then to next host but neighbour,BUT
they invited me their sailing boat at the bay :)
Last time when I surfed boat was,,,March 2008 at the Blac Sea in Georgia.


(,,to be continued)
30, Jun
,,Host left from boat 12:30pm, but I stayed at the bay for reading Iranian comic till 7:30pm.
,,I was invited by CS-host to her Iranian friend's concert?,,Oh some Iranian guy sent me CS-request? even if totally copy & paste mail,,,Oh, now I'm in neighbour (of neighbour) of Iran! ,,Shall I go there?
. Finally my everyday's future CS-hosts' stock has finished, seems GAME OVER? but,
whether I try to think Going on Greek trip more in positive way or negative way,
anyway I can't find motivation for it,, such country was rare for me, a kind of crisis of my travel,,

(,,to be continued)
(or not continued,,)

IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME

---because it's first time of tarveling in Greece for me----

28, May
Somehow I crossed the Bulgarian border 23:00 then,,slept outside.
29,May : Hitchhike from 7 AM,,almost no one picks me up!? After all, 3 of 5 cars were not Greek someone :( 8 PM finally arrived to village,at community.
30,May : Since we started to plan to meet here over 1 month ago,finally I could meet SMA though,when I got up 9 this morning,she already had gone,,WHY!? 31,May : community's Internet'place is neighbour's under the roof,,I can see mountain from here,it's village but,No matter where I am,I'm still always online for CS,in any country,day and night :( Next host in Kilkis, Greek seafood and non-stop information till midnight,I was dizzied.

1st, June : I've been tolerate to often changing CS-functions though,I can't adjust the change of this time, suddenly it became dificult to serching CS-hosts. Don't invite me to meeting with your friends if everybody talk by local language. came back to community again.
2nd, June : Don't ask me "Why don't you stay same place longer?" it's not the point. Don't ask me "Can you vouch me?" 
3rd, June : started hitchhike 7:30 pm, arrived CS-host's flat in Serres 11 pm but mobile number was wrong,can't call and don't know which room so can't open the entrance door.
4, June : from 9am till 9pm, CSing mail, didn't go out. then continued it,,
5, June : ,,still continued CSing mail, then, exhausted and couldn't walk, slept in bench of park,, then surfed Vana's flat but mostly SMA hosted me. At the roof of host's building in the evening, the view of messy building with far mountain reminds me of old Asian travel memories of hostel's roof.
6, June : Revolutionary Dumpster diving' experience for the first time in my life (even if I ate food from garbage so many times so far),leading by SMA, even if I had done it many times so far.   I caught a cold, dull body (the words of  dull by Japanese language is also pronounced "dalui"), repeating sleep, maybe I still can't adjust summer's coming. Evening' roof again by alone for wifi,,but can't connect.
7, June : still in Serres. still not comfortable to be in developed nice western Greece. Host's flat is just nearby center square park, why I didn't notice there are many wifi in center. Vana's theater' play's premiere, of couse it's all Greek to me though.Anyway I had been big cinema fan for 25 years around, then became big theater fan more, then separated from both since I separated Japan.  moved to next host but only for an hour's sharing time,but I still choose to meet more people,different from SMA.
8, June : visited to previous host,,outside is over +30 degree,,After all I couldn't leave Serres, climed up to the hill in the evening, it's quite big town it means city seems more bigger than my hometown but according to statistics its population is quarter of my city?! In Gallikos and Serres both,using SMA's laptop much and steeling wifi day and night.
9, June : Good job of Google's guitar playing screen! Oh, the library just nearby host's flat had a free Internet room, I have to leave Serres soon though,,
3:30 pm,bye to SMA. Finally I could manage to throw away some of my winter clothes,,but my luggage is still heavy. After 4pm,start hitchhike---the man nothing good things happens---2nd car,I noticed I already can't reach to meeting'time in Komotini---Bulgarian driver,till intersection with highway---Albanian drivers---5th car till Kavala,already the planning time to reach to host---the guy who is serving mlitary till center of Xanthi, 10:30 met with host. Couch was student' dormitry's common big room but no blanket but insects.
10, June : Xanthi, 
Google.com' guitar again Today!
It's first time in my life that I came to Aegean sea besides swam there.
Dormitry's canteen is free for 3 times' meal in a day. common room' sleeping,,
11, June : I wanted to go to komotini but failed to hitchhike.
12, June : I wanted to go to Thessaloniki but rainy, besides at the canteen for breakfast, an interesting guy came to me,,,

(,,,to be continued)

13, June
HItchhike from dormitory 9:30am---
---Thanks a driver giving me his job's  pamphlet even if I didn't need it.
---stcuk in the middle of highway without standing apace but,,,
luckily Carismatic driver was going to far city to do his job,shadow theater
---the center of center of Thessaloniki 6:30pm


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Sofia

,,hitchhike from 5:30am to 8:30am,
it's been 10 years since I came to Sofia first time.
Luckily the place where the driver dropped me off was a bit closer to my CS-host,
luckily she was in home in morning, welcomed me with big smile :)))
Although I slept outside, anyway I continue to send CS-mails as long as I can be online,,
(,,to be continued)
14, Sat
not enough sleep 2 nights though, I managed to arrive 8 AM to join to bus tour with students to hiking george,,,What a great view! Oh, Serbian mountains are just nearby! Shall I cross there by foot??
 (,,to be continued)
,,CS-host and I came back home with tiring after 8 PM though, from 11 PM we went to center, to join "museum night"
(,,to be continued)
15, Sun
Sofia
meeting again with 2 of students in central park, Sofia is nice green city,,,What a greatest church of Alexandra nevski!?!?reminded me of blue mosque in Istanbul,,
.Next host and friends took me to evening walking in south park,,,What a green city!
(,,to be continued)
16, May
Sofia
Finally I visited the students classroom, to be asked many questions, and I sang my song without guitar
(,,to be continued)
.meet with next host at 7pm but 10pm they got to bed "Sorry if you asked more earlier time I could lend you Internet",,,shocked and losing my mind in the kitchen alone for 1 hour,,
(,,to be continued)
17, May
Sofia
.Wake up in the morning by strange feeling that "Why and From when I've been in traveling??"
.as we promised about going Vitosha mountain,
I phoned to last host in the morning but no answer so I visited directly but "Hey Ushi, What's happn!?"
.meeting with Japanese CSer who is living in Sofia.

.visiting next host 7pm, "Wait until my job will finish at 9pm",,,alone in old funiture room,napped with strange dream of   "Why and From when I've been in traveling??"
(,,to be continued)
18, May
Sofia
.Great meeting with host's friends.
.Meeting with a CSer but just I waited for 1.5 hours,, didn't appear,,
.Waling around train station but nothing same as my memory of 2001,,
price of bus to Varna,30 leva(15 euro), price of prostitute on the street is also 30 leva(15 euro).
.Next host's gallery's concert' event. Host asked me to pay entrance fee, so I left there.
(,,to be continued)
 19, May
Sofia
From 9 am till 8 pm, just CSing mail
(,,to be continued)
20, May
Sofia
surfing CS-hosts in village near Vitosha mountain but it's still Sofia city.

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21,May. from today,4 days' holidays in Bulgaria
Sofia
visited Vanya again,,I've still found main charactetr in Sofia-chapter only her (for example Minsk-chapter was also for 2 weeks but main person were 3 people,,) I admitted myself that I'm exhausted by everyday's CSing without break-day, and I gave up to go somewhere festival outside of Sofia, I realized that I don't need not only sightseeing or else but also any festival or else, seems that I'm realy enough to meet someone and visiting and hitchhiking,,I don't think I can show something special in my blog,and I don't take photos. 
(,,to be continued)
22,May
Sofia
.Finally finished sending CS-mails to Sofia even if not all of members though, but I still haven't replied to invites from Greek CSers, can't decide I will go to Macedonoa first or  Greece??
Eventually I contiued to stay at Vanya's home with key although they had gone to trip.
.2 hours walking to next host,,but they welcomed me with no conversation and watching TV,,
(,,to be continued)
23,May
Sofia
.Happily meeting with "religious scientist" but lovely girl of CS.
(,,to be continued)
24,May
Sofia
.Please don't kick me out in the morning at least, even if I know you didn't mean to kick me out.
.today is national holiday in Bularia :
Saints Cyril and Methodius Day 
.I have to leave Bulgaria very soon though, still can't decide which should I go Greece or Macedinia?
(,,to be continued)
25, May ---1400th day
Sofia
.Vanya had a guitar! nice but too old to play to audience.
After all, I left Vanya's home 5 PM, then I was involved evening rush hour in bus.
.a friend of today's host was nice like Scandinavian atmosphere,
then she asked me about Scandinavia, and showed me her book of Moomintroll.
.Hungry again,,Don't they eat food?
(,,to be continued)
26, May ---46 months past
,,stayed at host's flat till noon, still hungry,,Don't they eat food?
Sofia
.Today's host is living in magical house with green tree but in center of capital city.
.Meeting with CSers in park,,but I had no energy and got depressed again, nothing I spoke words.
(,,to be continued)
27, May
Sofia
.I might should have finished CSing in Sofia in a week,,,??
All of Sofia' CSers whom I've been contacting couldn't host me tonight.
and I failed to leave Sofia,
7 PM sitting at the bevch in NDK square,
people were enjoying Friday evening with friends but I was exhausted CSing,,
(,,to be continued)
28, May
Anyway I must leave Bulgaria today,,

(,,,Hope someone can write my blog instead me,,)

mountains,mountains,and mountains

5,May
start hitchhike from Karlovo 8 AM---smal rain all day---reached to Belgoevgrad 11 PM.
6,May Blagoevgrad
people are enjoying sunny spring' holiday. to Bansko.
7, Saturday
Razlog to village near Petrich
8, Sunday
in the village, helped to work at the winegrapere-fields.
9,May
I'm still in Bulgarian side although it's almost on Greek border
10, May
Sending CS-mails to Greece though, back to Blagoevgraadd!?
11, May
Blagoevgrad
12, May
Hitchhike from Blagoevgrad to Sofia,,,but as I didn't want to travel today
and as I started it from sunset, I failed and was stuck in village in midnight,
eventually I slept on the bench 2 am.


(,,,to be continued)

2 performances in 1 day

(,, I will write later but,) it was one of most hard time in my travel,,Oh unexpectedly after all, Bulgarian trip was so thickly impressive by some super CS-hosts but in this Karlovo chapter I met maximum level' people by good meaning and bad meaning both,, I satisfied and exausted again, really want to end it although I still haven't been to Sofia,,

29, finally I reached to Sopot and met CS-host who has been planning my peformance.
30, Saturday
CS-host took me to Karlovo and introduced me some people, then visited Japanese husband ansd wife in village,,,
1, Sunday May
,,,totaly exhausted. 5pm, going to Karlovo and called to new CS-host's mobile but no connection---tried to go to host in Kazanlak.
2, May
9:30 am Kazanlak---1:30 pm Karlovo
nice CS-hosts,,,Oh Austlian host is first time in my life (10 years ago, I slept near forest of suburb of Vienna, and I slept 2 nights at the top of hill with seeing view of river and center of Sartuburg.)
Vin Radin was killed?! Don't do such terrible thing at the same day as 2nd anniversary of my beloved Japanese' death.
3, May
,,at the library in Sopot 3pm,  at the gallery in Karlovo 7pm,
 I will perform today
,,but there as hell moment in the middle of joyful time of my performance.
4, May
Im still in Karlovo
.

(,to be continued)

( I told you last year but) Japanese people has no relation with Easter

(Hello N in Tiraspol, everyday I'm thinking about reply to your mail,but it's the same everyday I can't but just contacting many CSers.
Actually since I stopped to write diary, everyday I just forget about many happenings or emotions,,)
but I will write blog later,, anyway I will someday,,)

22, Haskovo---Kardjali at CS-host
23, Kardjali---village at CS-host but hostel
24, village---Kardjali at friend of Hospitalityclub'host
25, Kardjali---village at muslim' mosque
26, village, 7am, started hitchhike---8am, was checked passport by police? because it's only 35 km to Greek border,Wao!---already 9am,arrived Smolian!
Thanks information center for Internet, Thanks Kicki in Baltick to introduce me Smolian' CSer! I sent him mail---12:00 library, a poiet gave me his book, then CSing mail---CSer answered me but OOPS! his place was not Smolian but Devin :( ---still in library 3pm.
(updated) 4pm, met a professor at the library,she hosted me.
27, Smolian,
since yesterday 5:30pm till today' 10:30am, in professor's flat alone. then library again,,,till 5:30pm.
---6:30 pm hitchhike start---9 pm Margalita appeared.
28, Bachkovo, staying Margalita's house. postponed CS-host today.
29, Bachkovo, still at Margalita, CS-host in Sopot was preparing my concert at 3pm,
but 3pm I was still in Bachkovo
---by 5 cars, finally 8:30pm arrived Sopot.
(,,to be continued)

Haskovo

Chirpan ---
slept on the grass and hitchhike, to Haskovo
18, Haskovo
CS-host organized my performance at the jazz club.
21:30 hitchhike the bus,Thanks! ---train station of Dimitrovgrad,
catching the train of Lithuanian Ieva who is living in Scotland, traveling in Balkan.
0:30am back to Haskovo but no traffic, it's 16km' distance,, but I tried to walk,,
frrom 3:30am till 8:30am,CS-request mailing
19,Haskovo
Eno Raud
---Harmanli
20, Harmanli---Haskovo
21, Haskovo
22, Haskovo

(,,to be continued,,)

Pleven---Lovech
What a lovery town, we love Lovech!?
12, Apr
Lovech---luckily I succeeded hitchike by 3 cars,
last one even wrote me his address and mobile.
---Stara Zagora 3 pm
,,What a lovely host!
13, Apr
Stara Zagora
tried to call yesterday's driver about hosting me in Nova Zagora but,,"OK"
,,and What a cozy couch of today's host!
14, Apr
Stara Zagora---Nova Zagora
visited a CSer who can host me, but
the driver Stoyan's family's home
15, Nova Zagora
,,still in Stoyan's family's home,,
16, ---Chirpan
a CSer's friend invited me to his ghost town.
17, Chirpan ---

(,,to be continued)

Pleven

6, Pleven
7, Pleven
8, Pleven
9, Pleven
10, Pleven
11, Pleven
(,,to be continued)

29, March
Varna---Elitsa and mama prepared me to big sandwich and fruits and,,like a few days' amount of foods.
1pm, mama drove me till over the big bridge, so hitchhike ws sopposed to be easy, but just after 1st car took me to suburb of Varna, I was stuck for over an hour, but it's OK it's my job, 2nd driver was archiologist and after he suggested me to go together to some museum he just dropped me off and left, but it's OK. Cast citis are few km from main road, generaly it means that easy access but for me it means quite far becaue I don't take a bus so finally I didn't go them, even I gave up to visit to Burgas, I fed up to arrive to CS-host's place in late evening, I had a priority moe host than my unnecessarry exploring. 
At intersection to Burgas, I was having late lunch of big sandwich but Gypsy' group who was collecting tree's brunches on the road by a wago car was waving their hands to me, thanks to drive me ven for a short distance but with dancing by radio' Gypsy' mmusic.
4pm, arrived the village of host, rain started to fall, someone came to me by car "where is pharmacy? we need it now!" but Sorry, there's nothing here :(
Oh, surfing Finnish CS-host is since 2 yeas ago, but I don't write about CS-host as usual.

30, Mar
Comfortable room doesn't mean confortable to me, I just wanted to check e-mail, but I got up late, after11am. host ",,because I don't want to wake up someone." OK but if so, please don't say OK when I asked to wake up. After breakfast, while I was in bathroom, host already locked down her room's door and got to bed for a few hours' sleep as her usual schedule, I an't see e-mail and house gae was also locked, I even can't go out, No!
,,so that, after that, although she invited me to dive to Burgas, I chose to move to next host,even if it's late to start.
5pm, hotshhike start, after a few minutes, Burgarian Muslim picked me up, he's a kid of "poliglot" but can speaak sme words of each language, so we talked by not enough English & Bulgarian & Russian & Turkish & Greek & Japanese & Chinese but enough for us!
--- arrived the edge of Sliven, but he seemd to have some problem? "No, I won't enter inside city, Bye!",,,??
---Oh, obviously it's Gypsy's district. I knew the way to host's place but dared to enter to inside the district, amusingly people surrounded me soon, they seemd to be having festival? someone say"because a baby was born"? but other's say another thing?? they walked with me but why stopped from entrance of trai station?
--I don't write about CS-host.

31, Mar
.Sliven---I was wating for answer mail from next Sliven' host of Today, because I still don't know how we can meet and "my mobile has broken", but when I nearly gave up it in afternoon, finally the mail came but "Nice to hear from you in earlier time" ??
---while host's son was in kidergarden, I was I host's home all day, anyway I joined to pick up the son 4pm, but I was anious about it's ground,not soil but concrete,as most of shcool of today.
---just before meeting time of next host, a student who is studying Japanese spoke to me, so I was late to meeting, because when I was spoken to such someone I want to try to ask them to host me, but this time I only asked e-mail address,,after that, the address was wrong.

1,April
Oh, I still don't write about host, but Thanks every host! It's late but I hang the Martinitsa (since 1st March, Baba Marta' tradition's) to branch of tree with bloomed flower,,
.Since the shock of Japanese news, lately my ability of replying e-mails got even  more worse than before, and although today s April Fool's Day, I don't have passion to telling a lie,, I've never wanted to have such boring life though,,
.nice church of centr of Sliven. smaller moutains are very near, specific landscape of Sliven. repeatig of walkig and sitting for some km, then hitchhike in country road. stuck in somewhere village,I nearly thogh I should have taken main road? but a driver "there's no traffic aound here, I can take you till next town over my village." ---at the next town, an old guy was pleased to meet me at the bench and led me to hicthhike point. --- a driver took me to the next town(of my host) over his village and asked to many people where is the street of my host's address? (Bulgarian people don't use street's name :( Thanks!
. 5pm arrived. The host told me about how was here in communism era, and various things in the world, it was big lecture but at the kitchen' table. I wanted to climb u to small mountai of town, but it was already late today,but he took me till the top of cliff, but it already got dark and cloudy so he said sorry we can't see nice view,but for me it's also nice to be in the middle of vague misty air with standing in awe of nature.

2, Sat
Last night I couldn't CS-mailig work, so I did it in daytime today,so I was lae to satrt to hitchhike after 5pm. He said that Velik Tarnovo from here took time only for 1 hours or so,,but as usual,it took time more than twice as locel someone told me,,,I always don't want to be dropped off at the point a few km before the town/city because every driver doesn't pick me up and shows me sign like "I'm going to go just till the town/city!" but only it also big help for me otherwise I would walk till the another side of edge of the town/city but almost of divers don't understand it.
---Somehow back again to Veliko Tarnovo, after 8pm. then walking and resting with laggage till host at some km far place,,I asked a taxi driver the way but he said it's far and drove m fr free,Thanks!
.10pm,finally arrived CS-host's flat. after 0am turned off light.

3, Sun
Host must go to job before 7:30 am. so I left Veliko Tarnovo soon.
--Sevlievo
4, Apr
 Sevlievo

(,,to be continued)

Varna

18, Fri
Balchik --- Varna
19, Sat
Varna. I sang 4 songs at the pizza restaurant
20, Sun
Varna. I joined event of folding 1000 cranes of paper to send Japan.
21, Varna
22,Varna. I performed at the bar SPIRIT OF ROCK.
23, Varna
24, 25, Vinitsa in Varna
26, Varna
27, Galata in Varna
28, Vinitsa in Varna (at non-CSer)

29.finally I left Varna.

(,,to be continued)

Sorry for Japan

「2011年3月11日14時46分ごろ、三陸沖を震源に国内観測史上最大のM8.8の地震が発生」

一人でも多くの人が助かることを祈ってます！

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12,Sat
Veliko Tarnovo --- Ruse
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13, 14, 15, Ruse
have been watching news by streaming of Internet
Japanese national TV, NHK 1 
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16,17, in the village

VelikoTarnovo

,,,It was June of 2001, after I crossed Asian continent from China till Turkey, finally I reached to Bulgaria, first European country in my life. Then, in small old city, I met super nice guy and stayed his small room for a week. It was one of mt best memories in travel included the city, so I was hesitating to visit there again (and the guy and I haven't been contacting) but,,

(,,to be continued) 

Church on the hill, but entering there demands me to buy ticket, while I'm thinking whether I buy or not,it's already after 5pm, closed,,
(,,to be continued) 

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5, Sat , Veliko Tarnovo

restaurant in Netherlands


host was always playing this radio

Church on the hill, but entering there demands me to buy ticket, while I'm thinking whether I buy ticket or not,it's already after 5pm, closed,,

(,,to be continued)
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6, Sun Veliko Tarnovo

Church on the hill, but entering there demands me to buy ticket, while I'm thinking whether I buy or not,it's already after 5pm, closed,,

What a non-good hitchhike today!

Tried to surf to CS-host's friend Arne (also hosted me practically)'s friend's friend in Dryanovo, as the man answered by phone "OK"
---then, after I arrived at train station of Dryanovo 8pm, no people around there,
I borrowed phone from train staff but didn't connect,so they doubted me, didn't lend me it anymore
---freezing silent Sunday evening in small town, knocked the garage shutter, young guy Jordan lent me mobile but still no connection,he can't host me but thought about "In which building can I squat ?" but even snow came, but Thanks!
,,After all I could connect and surf to Yonka, very interesting and reliable guy with Scottish accent' English because he had lived there before. On the hill in the edge of town, he's living alone in cottage,Feels like I came into somewhere remote place suddenly? I know today was best case because once I despaired to sleep under the roof then I could meet him, so I had done small adventure.But he's not from CSing so I can't write reference,mmm,,,    
we listened his favorite music
"We will go to sleep 11pm, get up 6 morning and drink a tea,then 7am kick it!"

(,,to be continued)
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7, March
,,As he said before sleep, we got up 6 and left cottage 7 am, then he showed my hitchhike pint and kick it!

---From intersection, stepping snow road that no footprint or car trail, so comfortable
,,"Dryanovo monastery", but disappointedly there's hostel and restaurant inside its site besides these are closed now and only 3 monks and 1 worker are living there, as a result checking websites about Bulgarian monasteries were no use,,
over the monastery, nearby nice river between rock mountain," Bacho kiro cave  "
but there's ticket counter so I didn't enter but after I helped the staff's sweeping snow on the path, he opened the gate and invited me,Thanks! it's a residence of Neanderthals in Ice Ages, reminded me of Jeitta Grotto in Lebanon (official greatest sightseeing spot in my this journey).

.Gavrovo train station's cafe at 1pm,
Simeon talked me "Can I help you?" even he was eating lunch and connected phone with my host, Thanks! although I couldn't meet again with Simeon in Veliko Tarnovo
,,What a smooth travel today!?

Father of host drove us to  " Etar open air museum   ,,,Oh, 3 places of sightseeing in 1 day!?
(,,to be continued)
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8, March Gabrovo
Women's day,,,but I can't figure out its origin, some article says it started from demonstration in America, others says its by Soviet,,,??

  Humor and Satire museum  , good!
 Gabrovo has many own jokes, for example,
(,,to be continued)
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9, March Gabrovo
after 4pm I changed my mind so
after 5pm started to hitchhike to go back to Veliko Tarnovo,,
(,,to be continued)
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10,11, Veliko Tarnovo

 

BULGARIA

Thanks Nastja for greetings of spring's coming! I really enjoyed travel Transilvania and want to go back there again!,,,Oops I confused there and Transnistria again :)

,,As I wanted to continue Romanian trip much more longer, this time of moving to next country was the least exciting and not willingly in this journey unfortunately,, but anyway
this journey's official 33th country,
BUGALIA.
MY MISSION FROM NOW WOULD BE
TRYING TO SURF MORE NON-CS-HOSTS, AND TRY NOT CARE REPLYING E-MAILS,
TO GET BACK FREE TRAVEL.

.Ruse
--By sunlight from window, I woke up and left squat' buiding.
A border officer picked me up, his words changed my trip "I can take you to the edge of city to hitchhike, or center of city to see 4th biggest city of Bulgaria."--
7 am, at the riverside of big Daube.
I was exhausted and hungry but hung around in the city with sleeping often at the bench,,

People were celebrating Baba Marta
,, even Google !?
friendly people of tourist Information center gave me bracelet and pendant of it.

Afternoon in biblioteka, a staff  Vladimir led me to use Internet but it's not free,but he said OK you don't need to pay. Just after I sent mail "I will go today." to village' CS-host whom I couldn't reach last night, Vladimir "You can be my guest tonight."
and suggested me to visit Japanese language' lesson in high scool tomorrow.

.Oh, I can talk with people here by Russian, What a good advantage!
the town and road and atmosphere  reminds me of Moldova? ,,but by those smell of smoke from chimnies,,even Azerbaijan or Caucasus countries??
..Almost I can't remember when is the last time I visited mosque with minaret!? but Muslim population in this city is 4 or 5 people?!
..Normal cream bread but amazing taste,why because I hadn't been eating for over a day.
..Cathedral a half of it was built in basement, beautiful and desirable smaller size.
..Great atmosphere of reading room of biblioteka.

Surfing Vladimir's home.
His mother moved me by taking me back to China or Japan by her soysauce' tasted fried rice cooking!
and I got fat by 3 person's amount big sausage.
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2, March   .Ruse

,,It's still some CSers send me answer "You are welcomed my couch, so Tell me when do you want to come?" but after a year I sent (because I sent mails to so many CSers for example especially in Vilnius,,) but I can't laugh for it anymore,,

.Visiting to Japanese lesson in high school ,,but not so interesting and those students were not interested in me as well,,
Before sunset, I reached to CS-host family in village.
My physical condition was still not good by hard crossing border, but I got into Internet for Japanese musician or TV till 4am.
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3, March .village host
.Natonal holiday but village has no ceremony.
.I was imagining to get rest for a while in village but they asked me Where will you go tomorrow? so I answered Yeah,Veliko Tarnovo,,
.closest town, Biala. Visiting historical mseum is always knowing that human always like to do war.
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4, Fri .village
I'm still no good condition,but
3 pm hitchhike to Veliko Tarnovo.
(,,to be continued)

 

all of my energy was used to Transilvanian trip,,now I'm vacant

Birthday of biggest Japanese pop star Keisuke Kuwata who recovered from cancer last year. I'd love to listen his new album but, although I have enough money to buy its CD,he's famous almost only in Japan unfortunately. Really strange feeling that any country's people don't know about him or Southern All Stars except Japanese. Sometimes I think, From which had I been taken more many new sensational impressions in my life, from long travel or from him?? 

--11am, my next host is in Brasov, then in Bucharest, but

  at the moment I still haven't got any invite from Bulgaria

but now the host of here Covasna will drive to Cluj-Napoca,,,Should I go along with him and

go to Hungary??

--12 noon started hitchhike, soon I arrived Brasov,

Oh finally I traveled all of counties of Transilvania!

no mobile connection to host but I walked till house,

2pm arrived, but no invite from Bulgaria.

---Oh, my last Tansilvanian host is sooo amusing one!

4pm, Great! finally a Bulgarian CSer sent me invite mail :)

,,but "Welcome from Wednesday",,NO! I need host from Monday :(

" Soul Survivor " 

.Another CSer showed me night view of Brasov from the hill. 

Then meeting with her friends in popular bar. "Which country is your favorite?" "Romania." then they started to tell me bad things of herem as most of people do,, Why they need to do so when foreigner is saying good things about here!?,,,but I might be same as I'm always introducing Japanese bad side to Japan' fan people,, 

.Anyway as usual I was silent in the space with full of smoke among the people who talks only by local language, then as I expected they asked me "Are you tired?"

I was just waiting for host's picking me up and taking me to her friend's home,,,but she took me to just another bar, even more noisier. Then "Are you tired?" I couldn't stand to be asked it anymore besides host said "If you're sleepy I can give you house' key, there's only taxi now though." So unfortunately impulsively I said Yes and got back to house by walk, although only tonight I can have time with her,,Why can't I make my travel more joyful?? ,,and I still haven't changed my habit of walking unknown city alone in midnight (it's not so safe),,Oh, why so red color, night sky of Brasov,, that's why Dracula city!?!?  

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27, Sun

,,I started to go to unlimited journey why because to live wild and interesting life,
but for keeping this for long, I shloud always be cool and calm to avoid crisis by losing temper,
so ironically mostly my journey is not wild and interesting,
and I met so many people who are living ordinaly flat life but very wildly and interestingly.

Thanks Marius for supporting my Transilvanin trip so far!
,,but,
 10 am ,, I still can't decide where I will go today??
Body is dull, and no passion to travel.

Host's choice

2:30 pm slept again,
4 pm left host,,

,,CS-host whom I missed to surf in December,
who is living in Bucharest now, and we haven't forgotten each other
,,NO.
Bus took me to the edge of Brasov
but wrong point as host told me,
I couldn't catch a car in cold evening for 2 hours,
I gave up although it's still 7 pm, my health condition was not good
and mental condition was quite bad.
In all of my Romanian trip of 2001 and this time,failure of hitchhike was first time.


,,back to same host's house but host is not in home, I just slept,,

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28, Feb
,,It's been a long time since I dreamt again and again strange night dream
like "I don't undrstand why I'm far away from home??"
,,woke up 10 am. I haven't been eating since yeasterday's breakfast.

I must go out Romania until TODAY officially,
,,,but, let me think whether I will become illegal traveler again or not??????
No,no,
Hope many drivers to come together with my trip!?
12:00 left host,
13:00 start to hitchhike from edge of Brasov
14:00 Sinaiai---cold temprature but took time to catch a car---beautifuk white woods' mouatain
16:00 Ploiesti---edge of city, standing on almost highway,nearly was crashed by a car,,
17:00 Bucharest---but traffic jam caught me and driver, Giving up again to go out Romania,
tried to phone to host of "Sorry for yesterday" but "today I'll be home late" so I gave up to give up.
19:00 edge of Bucarest by bus,suffred spit from someone's car window,
 a car drove me to border city,,,Will it continue forever such darkness hitchhike nantional road in my travel??
 20:00 Giugiu,,,hitcchhike in less trafic, freezy weather,gave up and tried to walk till border--Oh,it was just 1 km.
21:00 officer "Here is special road,you need to pay 10 euro, free road is from1 km over there,,but You're globetrotter? OK free." Merci! but then,officer gate was 1km anyway--Many truck is passing,,soI noticed there are another traffic road for truck car. But officers said "Romanian cutom is also on Bulgarian side of the river, 2 km over there.",,truck cars is passing by but no one stopped for me. Just continue to walk--the gate of bridge,an officer checked me,I asked to give me something to eat, he said No,, then  a car delivered him food,so I turned back but he said Go Go Bulgaria!?
,,,My journey usually has no special adventure but this time was too much adventure for me, What a huge Doneauve river!? and huge bridge but old, so scarely to walk in narrow walking lane with big truck cars pass by in the darkness. It's more bigger than Daugav river og Riga, dinamic as the bridge of Zaporizhia in Ukraine!? (I don't care even if readers don't know it, even if only Uliana knows?) ,,about 2 km but I felt like 20km, I don't know how I still had energy to cross it,,
23:30 Finally I left Romania within duration of the rule. but a officer said "You stayed here for 3 months, so you have to wait more 3 months to enter again."?! Oh, my plan to go to Bucharest soon was broken!?

BULGARIA
0:00 phoned to CS-host in village 50 km from here "Sorry! today I couldn't reach to you."
tonight I have to stay in Ruse,,but anyway Ryse is also 8km from border, no car stops for me in midnight.
Surely it's colder than Romania, besides it's industrial area, but just tried to walk to find somewhere to stay the night---somehow I stayed the night in some buildings
,,,Oh! ironically it's exactly same date of 2 years ago that I slept outside after I crossed the border from Norway to Sweden but couldn't catch a car,,!!(I hope it won't ahappen anymore on the same day in 2013.)

Hungary, even more !?!?

According to the rule,
 I can stay in Romania only more 10 days,
but I'm still exploring in Transilvania.

Driver and passengers stopped and asked me to ride peacefully and friendlily, I told I can't pay money, they refused me with smile and had gone peacefully and friendlily.
,,finally I arrived the heart of Hungarian in Romania, Harghita county!

,,Oh, finally 2 of city's names are on each sign of road, Romanan and Hungarian. 
,,at intersection of Cristru Secuiesc, much traffic but no one stopped, local old guy tried to teach me how to stop car,thanks.
,,"Are you Japanese?" a car stopped with talking to me by Japanese, took me till hitchhike point. He is going to go to Japan soon, and gave me phone number of his friend who is Japanese speaker, had lived Japan, is living in Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Driver who was going to go to Odorheiu Secuiesc, after I phoned my CS-host there, he said "Oh, it's my colleague.",,,I said "Wao,What a surprise!?" but actually I'm used to have such surprise.
.Odorheiu Secuiesc , actually it's Romanian name, everybody calls there by another name, as almost only Hungarian people is living there.


Only a ship of palinca mede me tired and sleepy,
though, joined masc party with CS-hosts,,

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19,Sat
In the morning, finall CSing-request mailing work to Brasov city,
if I got many invite from there, I would overstay in Romania!?

CS-host Tunde in small town Zetea, she and the Japanese speaker whom I was given his phone number yesterday already contacted about me because they were friends.,,,I said "Wao,What a surprise!?" but actually I'm used to have such surprise.

It often happens though, I think I'm not exception but anybody would become to seem to be boring or tired when he was surrounded by people who talk by only foreign languages for over 15 minutes,,, I mean, in such case, Don't ask me "Are you OK?" :((

village' CS-hosts took me to the top of mountain, I'm so glad to walk on snow,
I'm so dissatisfied this winter's strangely warmness,
without feeling surviving winter,hot summer would come again soon,,,


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20, Sun
2 concert of me in Odorheiu Secuiesc

Most impressive Hungarian in Romania appeared me ?§!?!!§
 Golbetrotter,

Berecz Edgár

 his blog
 his another blog
 one of his jobs

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21, Feb
After my host had gone to job, house cleaner woman who is afraid of dog came to clean,so I let host's dog hide to a room,but I had to go to meet Edgar before cleaning finish, although I was afraid that she will let a dog be free or not,,??

Edgar let me give interview with a news paper,
then
took me to village, to the house for poor children.

When he opened the door,children jumped into his arms, then they started to sing Japanese children's song !
He teaches them various things,languages, by small income,, I just tried to not compare his life to mine.
Whichever I sang with guitar, children were glad it,, I was just glad to be with such pretty smiles,
a small boy shouted "Rock n Roll !!"

,,I should have taken more clear photo of his face!


more my concert in Odorheiu Secuiesc

,,,When I have time for Internet,I want to write blog at least a bit but every time it ends only for replying e-mails,,

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22, Feb
I was too excied to think about which country I will be in next week? so unconsciously I even pretended to smoke cigarette!?

Edgar introduced me phone number of someone who can introduced me some village people to host me with experience of agriculture, so I tried to call the person not by myself but by my CS-host but the person told her that he doesn't know her and me and he want Edgar to introduce him about me, but Edgar usually can't call from his mobile by financial problem, I gave up it.

Meeting a CSer Alecia and visiting her home. She was going to pick up her husband at Targu Mures airport, Oh I wanted to go there again and meet Japanese Akio again if I got to be sure I can extend duration of staying Romania by his information, so I tried to call him but he usually doesn't bring his mobile, couldn't connect him, I gave up it.

I'm still have CS-hosts in some places of this Harghita county,want to surf to all of invite,but anyway my duration of staying romania will expire within a week THOUGH, I still can't decide "Which neighbour country shoud I go next ?!?!?!"  I want to go to Bulgaria but it's a bit far from here, I need to go to Serbia to cure my teeth problem but going there means the starting traveling to former Ugoslavian nation and Balkan' trip so it would be long months, Moldova is my favorite country but it's a bit tough to go back same country, anyway I will go to western Ukraine sooner or later,but I should be carefully to making plan to go there because it's important as it's not Shengen treaty' nation so it's better to go there between Shengen' nation' trip,,, actually as my surroundings changed to Hungarian nation, it's hard to go to different world suddenly,so if I obey to natural wave of travel,I would rather go to Hungary maybe??  Anyway, No matter which country I choose,I would stay there not a short time but long months again,,, Please decide it someone, instead by myself !?
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23, Feb
Oh, I lost local tasty gas water gifted by Eva.

YourLivingRoom

Interview with local paper

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24,Feb
Oh,I forgot to bring local tasty gas water gifted by Arpi.

Hitchhike didn't take time,so tried to visit Balan,
town between mountains,
to meet mates of a CSer whom I wouldn't meet.
this youth cultural association

Then, Hitchhike was hard in cold dark road in middle of nowhere,,
Miercurea-Ciuc
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25, Fri
Interviewd in Gheorgheni  (by Hungarian, of course)

After all, I still haven't written blog in Romania,,

Soup made by Levi's mother reminded me Japanese taste?!
Meat recipe made by Levi's mother was similar as whale's taste that I ate in Japan
,, I shouldn't write about eating whale as most of this blog's readers are Europeans who are against eat it?!

Why because it's Levi's flat, and why because the photo in Harghita's paper's article about me that published this morning was not be taken in Harghita but in Suceava, Lavinia's home's kitchen. I phoned Lavinia.

5pm, start hitchhike---
a driver who has parents from Russia, I'm still glad to talk by Russian.

---Covasna county.
---Sfantu Gheorghe after 6pm.
a guy helped me to carry bag, a woman tried to guide me, another guy helped me to carry bag
till host's place :)
Hospitality club's host! he was Hungarian traditional dancer, now he is handcrafts-man, interesting
but his friends came and talked them except me,,so I concentrated CSing work and this blog till midnight, it's OK he isn't from CSing but he showed me big hospitality to me as its club' name is so ,,but it's still nice if I was asked to play guitar by his friend so I nearly started to play but, he said "You have still choice to play or refuse it" ?! ,,OK, I refused it.

Go to Hungary again ?

,,, from my sending CS request mails yo Harghita county in this morning 4-7am,
already a few invite came till noon, Thanks.

Leaving from Cluj-Napoca, finally.


Without my asking, the father drove me till hitchhike point.
Without my asking, the mother prepared the white paper that the city name is written, but
without using this, a taxi driver said "out of duty now" drove me to Gherla, his name contains two of poet Vigil Ovidiu, cool voice and English, has own view to global situation but tells stupid jokes, I always admire such kind of guy.
At the point where is 7km till monastery, I found unknown chocolate in my baggage, lately I'm given many food often from people, actually not only food but sometimes money even if I refuse it strongly but some people refuse my strong refusal by more stronger refusal! (and as I performed songs in many cities,some of them give me some money OK I should accept it even if I don't need anyway)  I checked the total amount of money in hand,,Romanian leu over 50 euro?? although my expense in last year was 50 euro, and although I still have spent 5 euro around since I entered Romania in 1st December? ,,Mmm, What a strange situation,,
Nothing difficulty spoils me, so I started to walk till monastery, but as there's car traffic, I just put up my thumb as usual,, just1 minute later a car stopped, I felt even uncomfortable but he refused driving me without money,I felt even comfortable, but just 1 second later a horse wagon stopped and asked me where will you go? and "Sit down here !"? Oh, but almost at the same time the car tuned back and "You'll go monastery? I'll take you!" ?! I couldn't stop laughing!? ,,,so you know Which one I chose? :)) ,,then, at the interjection to monastery, traffic police drove me without my asking,,, !?!?


Niclula monastery at the top of hill in village Nicula.
I asked where I can see special traditional making of  " glass painted icon" but the artists (of monk) were out today,and its museum is closed now, but anyway they offered me the room and foods without my asking.
,,Just the behind monastery was so wonderful view on snow hill. Surely traveling has no end, although surely my life cannot be forever.

This is the new article by CS-host Paula in Cluj-Napoca.

(,,,to be continued)
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14, Feb
Valentine's day but no chocolate around me (,,,!?  yesterday's unknown one was from ,,?!)
1300th day of this journey, but nothing special today.
Just I got a bit a cold by tired in Cluj-Napoca and too warm room in monastery,
just sleep again and again till 2pm though, after all I couldn't see glass icon here,
no particlar memory except funny young monks who work in kitchen,, but it's OK.

.On the contrary yesterday, hitchhike took for a long time, 1st driver didn't recommend me to choose way through Cluj-Napoca (2nd driver was Taoist,wao!) but I nearly regret this rural route and decide to start knocking doors in village in sunset time,,but 
(,,,to be continued)

Targu Mures

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15, Feb,  Targu Mures
Almost everyday I'm checking news of Japan by YAHOO JAPAN.
Today finally CSing was shown on it, as Japan is undeveloped country for CSing,
it's rather epoch-making incident, I hope it will become more popular there, but not hope I will become famous there.

Finally I went out for a walk 3pm,,host's flat was just in the building surrounds center square,,
Wao, What a splendid Orthdox' Cathedral ! Its golden decoration and delicately curved walls enclose alter impressed me much, even reminds me of huge mosques of Istanbul? Both are same as spending inside in sunny day but facing computer and such space are totally different, I regret I should have gone out more earlier, but sometimes it's even better to concentrate to enjoy walking within limited sunlight hours,,
Oh! What a nice town of Taru Mures!!
 ,, Sibiu was not only beautiful Romanian city,, (truly Romania still don't let me get to bored).
It's different beauty from Sibiu, not more than there, but I feel subtle good contrast, comfortable disposition of buildings in whole of town, I'm saying about installation.(I know if it's dark cloudy or rainy, I would feel differently though.)

,,a CSer answered me mail "Sorry we're going to trip now but I can give you phone number of a Japanese guy who is living here with Hungarian wife",, so I tried to call and visit him.
Thanks for inviting me although sudden phone without knowledge about CSing ,,even if I'm used to knocking doors, such case is rare, so it's interesting. with their 4 children, I tasted non-warm cherry soup for the first time. He has been living in Romania for 17 years, as specialist of Hungarian forklore !?
(,,to be continued)

.Another CS-hosts was just neighbour of Japanese, so I surfed them and called cancell call to CS-host whom I was planning to surf today,,,then I got mail from them "No welcome anymore who changes plan suddenly." Sorry.
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16, Feb
"Sangyou-dooro nite mate tono renraku wa, Yume wo tsunagu message on the door"
,,Woke up by sad melody of Southern All Stars's song in dream.
.Now it's morning, I still don't know I will leave Targu Mures today or not.

.Phoned a friend of Japanese, famous Hunfarian pop guitarist but "Today I got a cold,wanted to meet you though." Sorry but it seems my relation' duration with Targu Mures expired now.
.Meeting with hi-speed talking CSer Hanga "I'm sure you can surf to village people in Harghita county",OK I will try to go to Sigishoara today,then will try to stay somewhere village??

.a guy talked me by polite English "Excuse me, van you give me 3 lei because I'm hungry." so I replied politely "No, sorry."

.I remembered Hospitalityclub, tried to call from its Sighisoara's members,,but failed. After all I started hitchhike after 4pm, arrived Sighisoara almost 6pm,,I have CS-hosts in Hatghita county if I tried to continue hitchhike but at least I should enjoy walking Such beautiful town! I think here's the place where I had been 10 years ago but it doesn't matter, so nice view from clock tower's hill, almost finished shift-ceremony from sun to moon. Trying again to call Hospitalityclub' members here by mobile of a student Mihai who were near me accidentally, failed again BUT,
he asked his classmate to host me and succeeded it, Thanks!
He's age of 16, plays guitar and make ash-picture-art, wanted to host me if he hasn't exam tomorrow.
,,,,edge of town, going uphill, the address that Mihai taught me seems wrong, knocked a house to ask the address, but hanging the word of "Shalom" on the door,why? kind father appered, and many children were inside the door, Oh I wanted to try to ask this family to host me?!

Berni (and Mihai) is a student of German school, is living in 3 stories' big house with a friend WAO!? but it's like a pension.
Eventually, Berni is also CS-member ,,, eventually,I can't escape from spider-web of CS-website!?
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 17, Feb   Sighisoara
8am I left the host, trying to walk to the family's house but their car came and greeted me, mmm, it seems I had no relation with them,,but anyway I wrote message card with my e-mail to post it to their house's post-box,,but the father was already back home and appeared again "You drink coffee?"
(,,to be continued)

,,,Their high-school student' daughter came back and talked by English,
they suggested me to stay here tonight :)
but their relative will come and maybe stay here, so maybe they have no space for me :(
,,,I didn't want to reserve that matter in undetermined but started lunch,
Wao, it reminds me of Japanese soup of Raamen !?

2pm, tried again to phone to Hospitalityclub's member in village Apold
15 km from Sighisoara, but the another guy answered
"She's not living here anymore,I'm her friend, but anyway You can come" :)

The family drove me till Apold.
Interesting German CS-host in Romanian village,again!!

Eventually, he is also CS-member ,,, eventually,I can't escape from spider-web of CS-website!? 
,,,Didn't I write same thing yesterday?!?!

We taked about travel or etc.

There is a traveler who is walking only in Romania for long long years?!


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18, Feb
As a result, Targu Mures was so beautiful but Sigishoara was even more, but this village Apold is even more and more!?
Everywhere Transilvania is awfully charmimg, finally now I don't misrecognize here and Transnistria (of course).

(,,continued)

Cluj-Napoca ,,, 4 times' USHI concert in 1 week

I was hesitating to go to Cluj-Napoca, why because it's only the city where I'm sure I visited in my last Romanian trip 10 years ago, but I didn't want to re-write my old memory by getting new impression. Besides, as my way of CSing is that sending mails and surfing hosts as much as I can, and as it's second bigger city in Romania, it would be long although I'm in a hurry to visit to many places within my duration of staying in Romania,,, but eventually I tried to come here,anyway.

,,,The driver narrated me How hard the life in Romania is (minimum salary is 600 Lei = 140 euro, etc,,)
Then suddenly he remembered his friend who knows a Japanese man who is owner of Japanese cafe in Cluj-Napoca for long years,, then he let me talk with the Japanese man by phone,,??
The driver is also dreaming about long travel, but preached me how it will be after he (or I ) finished travel when he (or I) got old man, nobody will hire him (or me),,,OK thanks preaching.
,,,Oh! That's exactly same night-view of this city from the hill road where I came by hitchhike by same route 10 years ago (maybe)!?  I wanted to feel moving by alone but it was with listening his preaching,,
at 8pm, arrived Cluj-Napoca,finally.
.CS-host narrated me How hard the life in Romania is (minimum salary is 600 Lei = 140 euro, etc,,),
,,,AGAIN!?
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3, Feb
.Laptop' screen and room light both were something dull,but I continue being online in the night, my sight seems to get even worse,,
.next CS-host couple were very unique couple, they always tell funny or nerdy joke by high-speed talking, so my brain got tired more, since I haven't slept much and since I haven't been taking a break much from hectic traveling for a month,,
.I waited for 30minutes in freezing evening for meeting with Margi who is a friend of a CSer (whom I contacted but haven't met). He said he never have been checked by ticket-checkerman, so we rode a bus without ticket,then, soon 2 checkermen came to us. They seemed to be impressed by my long travel with appreciation, but they didn't appreciate our free riding of course, Oh I didn't want to get penalty.
.After visiting Margi's art and animation studio, I got back to host's home by bus with ticket finally,,No it's almost 11pm, here Romania bus ticket is possible to buy only at the box nearby bus stop but it closes around 9pm!? ,, riding without ticket again.
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4, Fri
Cluj-Napoca

Suddenly my performance of today was planned by a cafe of center.
Then I visited  Japanese cafe that I phoned its owner, Mr. Kawai
,,I really regret that I wasn't any journalist because of his interesting life,
soon after Romanian revolution he moved here as missionary then built 20 churshes in this region,
this cafe was born in last year,he's trying to spread not only Christianity but also Japanese culture,,,
his talk lasted longer so that a CSer who appointed meeting with me there
couldn't wait and left there,,but anyway
suddenly he planned my concert in next week there.
Suddenly I made publicity to CSing-Cluj-group
,,,but then, at cozy cafe in center "La Porte", no one came from it,
so that suddenly I got depress from expectation to disappointment ironically.
But anyway I performed even if it was several songs, Thanks audience for warmer clapping hands.

I always ask CSers to host me only for a night by mail though,
couple hosts told me I can stay here for a week or so,
today I already had next host but when I go out
I just asked couple hosts to let me deposit my baggage here till evening
,,but when my next CS-host came to cafe, they seemed to surprise about me.

The host Diana drove me by car but very unsurely with non-stop talking, so I laughed much,,but
it didn't take time until I notice she is the Most impressivest interestingest Romanian, I was dizzied.

.Thanks improvisational cooking of pasta.

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5, Sat
Cluj-Napoca

host's choice
Many meetings, so that no time to replying mail and writing blog,
something such wonderful impressions, nice flash acrossed my mind, just I forget one after another,,, I know I can't continue such way of travel anymore,,
.a CSer made event "meeting with Ushi"  by posting message to CSing-Cluj-group this evening, but almost no one came to it.

I felt ease to got back to most impressive interesting Romanian,Diana.
But sadly she said "You're mysterious, seems not to speak much about yourself",,?? Maybe because for a long tome I'm used to be asked questions from people, unconsciously my way of conversation became always passive,,,

.Thanks improvisational cooking of beans.

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6, Sun
Cluj-Napoca


Please explain not only name of place but at least more detail when you appoint meeting spot with foreigner, if you leave there before 30 minutes' waiting when I phoned you after every local people whom I asked on the street answers me wrong places.

Thanks improvisational cooking of kuskus.

,,as I expected my gasoline finished suddenly, and after I left from most impressive Romania'host
I got depressed unfortunately, though, I sang at music bar "Griff" for 1.5hours,
every song I said "this is the last song!" then audience said "more more"
(although no one came to it from my publicity to CSing' Cluj-group,anyway)

,,but then I got to feel bad again by smoke there,,
Host Florina and her mates of musician were nice and her flat was comfortable, besides one of them was professional cook so that prepared me some nice taste' open sandwich THOUGH,,I was in depression.


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7,Feb
Cluj-Napoca
Sleep till 11am, not much communication with hosts till 5pm.
,,,next host was neighbor, but not much talk, I just played guitar and sleep.

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8,Feb
 Cluj-Napoca
my concert will be in Japanese tea house "SAKURA" 5:30 pm around. (Motilor street,48)
2 of my previous hosts didn't come to concert,
it's much better that don't say "I will come" from the first.

Thanks audience for listneing attentively and warm clapping your hands.
I performed without shoes but slippers though it was exciting.

Mr.Kawai and his wife invited me to Chinese restaurant and told me about religion.

,,After all, I can't write blog as same as I want to,
I will change way of writing from tonight.
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9,Feb
Cluj-Napoca
I'm tired but visited Most impressive Romanian again,
but when we meet most impressive someone,at least we need enough energy for it.

Crashed German CSer who  likes Romania.
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10, Feb
SAKURA tea house, Mihaela is always wearing Japanese traditional summer cloth yukata, always pretty.

by Florina's driving, Let's go to Cala's home, to
Dej

(Dej, at old cemetary on the hill, Romanian people and Hungarian people and else, different religion various style of gravestone are in common site.) 

,,,but I got depressed, after all I couldn't perform
although I stayed local music bar with them with guitar with stage from 10pm to 3am,,I was just napping all the time.
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11,Feb (Friday)
Cluj-Napoca again,
but I still got CS-invite from next city Targu Mures only on next Monday,
so I might not go there?

Japanese tea house SAKURA again,
Mihaela with Japanese summer cloth is pretty again.
My second concet there started 5:30 pm again,
Thanks for good audience although it was 90 minutes long though!
Mr.Kawai translate not only my Japanese talking but also some of my Japanese lyrics to Romanian.

,,,I was invited Mr.Kawai's home to Japanese dinner though,
I tried to go to suggestion of playing music somewhere music bar by a CSer who can host me
although I was already tired besides hungry, but,,
So far, I've been trying to keep positive mind to any CSers but I have given up it tonight.
Why I had to stay in smokey pub with hearing boring rock band's play till 1:30am?
When I kad known my performance at there was cancelled,
soon I left there and the CSer and tried to contact another CS-host but
as a result I surfed the CSer who failed the plan of my performance
but alone in a student room without host with hunger,,
As soon as I can I wanted to leave there before the CSer come back next day
but I woke up so late by exhausting,,
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12,Feb (Saturday)
I'm so tired in Cluj-Napoca,
it was most good impression in Romanian trip, at the same time worst
,,it means, even if reader of this blog misunderstand like "Ushi doesn't like Cluj-Napoca",
I would like to give the prize to this city ! (,,like as Ukraine)

,,Oh,
I want someone to continue my Romanian trip instead me !?
But I'm still intending to explore Translilvania and Bucharest,,


.Meeting with a CSer at magical mystic cafe.
.Another meeting with another CSer was also at another magical mystic cafe,
it was nice But when I answered next country to go would be Bulgaria, she said
"Oh it's dangerous,please watch out, many bad people are there" so I told her
"Bulgarian people would say Romania is dangerous",,
She worried me and helped me to go tonight's hosts' home,thanks. even she visited there together,nice. But
when she said again "Bulgaria would be dangerous", the image that I'm beating her face exploded out! although I had never beaten some girl's face so far.
,,Actually tonight's host was not in home but her parents invited me by big curiosity and hospitality, Hungarian husband and Romanian wife, they wanted to offer me super huge sandwich after some dishes?! even greedy I refused it.
,,In the night, the CSer sent me mail "Again, Please watch out and survive dangerous Bulgaria!"