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.

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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

(,,,to be continued)
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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!?
(,,to be continued)

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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?!


(,,to be continued)

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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!" 

The dog also find a stick if he walks (Japanese proverb),,

.Numbers of CSing-members reached to 2.5 million.

.I can't believe Cairo's incident now.

,,,Since I started to write this blog,
everyday is like fighting with limited time to do it
in everyday's different condition of Internet,as I don't have mine,
and everyday I feel lose by it by myself,
last night I couldn't do much as it locates in hosts' bedroom.


Host drove me till Sebes, then 5 minutes' later a car stopped (too easy :(
The driver was from Bucharest, said it's beautiful city.
Yes, many people say "I don't like Bucharest" but they are not living there,
so it's still not worthwhile reputation to there.
,,,driver played "Gypsys, Tramps, & Thieves"

,,,I came to Sibiu TODAY although I have no CS-host there
because I don't think I will have chance to come here in other time

because already many invite came from Cluj-Napoca,

and I want to stay in Bucharest as much as I can within my duration's limit in Romania,the end of February.

,,Oh, in this January I have stayed the night in 20 diffrent places, finally I became a traveler again

(,,,Considering my pattern of past, after active moving I might stop again and stay somewhere for long,,,)

Thanks hotel ibis and hotel continental for letting me use Internet.
,,I was walking on main street with thinking how I find host of tonight,,
but,
a guy talked to me "Hi, are you Ushi ??"

(,,to be continued)

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Japan - The Strange Country (English)

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1, Feb

After all, I couldn't play in Sibiu.

I will go to Cluj-Napoca,tomorrow.

Tonight's host is active member of this, Can I weitch from CSing life to this?!
virtualtourist.com

(to be continued)

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2, Feb

I'm glad to be able to come to Siberia, it was my dream for a long time,,,NO! here is just Romania, but this morning was totally in freezer of white world,beautiful view of trees with snow'make up along river,although inside city. This is exactly season that I was expecting :)

Thanks Petra for serious invite of coming back here soon again!

9 AM start to hitchhike in "Siberian Romania"

,,,then sun came back in the afternoon.
Spending for 6 hours in small cozt city, Aiud by guide of a CSer Cristine. I was lucky to have extra but nice memory there. During it,she became aunt newly,Congratulations to birth of her nephew!
Romania is surely picturesque almost everywhere BUT, sometimes some towns have many "too bright pastel colored" houses,,Ah, it seems after revolution people began to be allowed to paint buildings by any color freely?! There are nice churches or wall of citadel in this town though, unfortunately Cristine's graduated high-school was most impressive as its new "too bright pastel" yellow color,,,
She suggested me to go to wonderful view' village,and in her cultural center I met an artist who suggested me to go to village has interesting art,,Oh,they let my mind became busy by next plan at the moment of going to Cluj-Napoca!?

(to be continued)

from village to city, then village,then city, then,,

,,After all my trip by knocking doors from New Year had been just only for a week, now I'm totally get into CSing even more than before!? Iasi's Elena, Sucueava's Laviniu, and Bistrita's mates, encounter with those nice CSers already ought have been enough to get satisfaction toward Romanian trip though, as a result of trying to run, I can say this month is the one of the peaks of my interesting days (like last year's coldest trip to Latvia in January, biggest welcomed Belarus in May, so much relaxed Transnistria in September,,,seems it comes every 4months?) Besides, although the travel by CSing is mostly moving from some city to another city, unconsciously accidentally now I'm surfing CS-hosts from village to another village! although I already had been fed up CSing a few times, it still has big potential beyond our imagination,,OK, I should give up to separate from it maybe, only problem is just I'm often online to continue it for too long time,,,and now I'm writng this by slowest Intenet
,,,but still I can use Internet even if here is almost top of the mountain!
It would be very rare that we can find CS-hosts living on the montain, HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
I didn't visited but there is comunity of people practices meditation near here.


.Some of my future CS-hosts in Sibiu and in Alba cancelled me,,OK,just I won't go thes cities, my plan always changes by people or by myself. But I still hesitate to decide to to go to Cluj-Napoka, as it's a bigger city,so many CSers are thee,it means How many e-mils will I send ??

(,,to be continued)
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27, Jan
It's been a long time since I could think of something melody of song in dream,
and also it's been a long time since I've forgotten it soon after I woke up.

2pm from mountain'house----by 3 cars, 5pm to Deva

Host Irina's room was like excellent wooden lodge in mountain?
but I still couldn't super-sociable person toward her friends' sometimes' general questions, non comfortable evening again in super-comfortable room.

(,,to be continued)
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28,Jan
.I want to move to next village,
but can't leave from so cozy couch of Irina in Deva now,
no noise of cars but ringing bell of church,,feels like staying monastery in mountain??
.More another CS-invite from village, wao! Knocking doors is so far way now,,
.Irina said that once Deva was called the most beautiful city in the world by someone!? and also showed me most ugly shopping mall in the world?! just inside its entrance,there's escalator but it runs in opssite way, it's WRONG!?

With her guitar, we tried to go to Friday' evening bar but didn't try to perform,,then her friends' secret club but still I couldn't play or become super-sociable,just tried to nap there, just to let the time go,,

.My favorite Romanian music (click here)

(to be continued)

from 0:00 send CS-mail to Cluj-Napoka then soon after I brushed teeth I found super sweet sweets nearby me, as a result I slept without brushing teeth.
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29, Jan
Finished mailing to Cluj at 1pm.

I got tired of writing blog. I should try to write something fiction or FAKE BLOG ?

Deva's host drove me to Hunedoara' castle(fantastic!) and next host's couch in village.
His home with couch for any guests is 24 housrs in all the year no lock the door key even while he's in abroad,just we need to call or send mail to him in advance. There are many kind of people, like him, or  people who describe themselves open-minded but never accept stramgers,,
Nearby warm fireplace, I was starting to read interesting Tibetan meditation' book but was invited by him and his mates by car to the bar of Hateg city,,then,lonely hours in people who are enjoying again,,?lately it's every evening?
.I couldn't do computer work much so it took time to get to sleep by impatience, Sleeping fully is good for health but not to mind.
 (,,to be continued)
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30, Jan
.After all we had almost no talk, I didn't need to surpress to stay there for long as long as he hadn't been caring it, but starngely I couldn't tell I will leave to not to be impolite (?!)
.3:30 pm, late start to travel again, it's Sunday in village,I have to walk until national road for several km,,,but a car appeared from just next road of host's house,and picked me up to Hateg. Then,soon student's driver picked me up and "Write about me on your blog" although I hadn't told about my blog,,,so I wrote about YOU,OK? even if I've forgotten your name :)
,,Luckily I arrived at Alba Iulia 5:30 pm, then walked and waited the host in freezing town, 7:30 pm at couch. Host's friend understand English but shy to speak by it? so it's better to pretend to not understand from the first, and although we share the dinner table together at least,How can go home without say bye to me? I still can't ignore such people,even if I don't know which is better from people who is surprised by me on the street and murmur something China and laugh at?
,,a bit uncomfortable evening these days,but it's all right.

Afer all no one CSers in Sibiu not for sure to host me, so I wouldn't go,,

.I couldn't do computer work much so it took time to get to sleep by impatience, Sleeping fully is good for health but not to mind,,,?Am I writing same thing again as last evening??

(to be continued)

When Marc Bolan was traveling in his young days, he lived with witch for a while,,,What a different episode from mine?!

Finally Japanese comedian Kanpei Hazama reached to goal
of rounding the earth only by running and sailing yacht since started 2 years ago,
even once stopped to cure serious desease, he succeeded it.
Earth marathon (click)
I just try not to compare with mine,,,

.Speed of writing blog can't catch up with traveling speed,
besides I'm still not writing much about CS-hosts as it has reference on profile.
But I hope I will fill here more and more.
,,,As result computer work took time till afternoon,
but instead, I could taste Simona's mother's tasty sarmale, and her brother drove me to hictthike point.
.Try to go to Arad and surf to friend of my future CS-host, but
,,2:30pm is late to start, but just before I tried to phone to (not CSer but) Hospitalityclub' member (who haven't replied me mail but is showing mobile number on profile) in Oradea, answered "OK,you can stay today",,,WAO,it's first time that I was invited from someone even before checking my mail and profile, it's almost same as knocking doors,,even more than it? so in case I couldn't catch the car to Arad,I can go to Oradea again,,
but unluckily it didn't take place, because luckily the truck driver Florin was heading to Arad,WAO!
,,,Sorry in the wild foggy winding road I was almost sleeping. He had a wife but devorced and she married in Italy. He's Catholic but likes Muslim (why because he often drives to Saraebo?) is reading book about Islam, it's nice. He taught me how much is each city's price for prostitute, it's nice,,,nice?? after his job in industrial zone, center of Arad at 7:30pm,Thanks!
,,so I could arrive meeting point punctually, as host is German,and I'm a Japanese,even a few minute's late can't be permitted!?

.Ansgar was not from CS though, one of my memorably best hosts ever, appeared by funny joke (usually first impression about a person nochoice remains in our brain strongly), welcomed me to his room just along the street beyond only by a grass door, with playing the Rolling Stones' masterpiece album "Let it bleed",I have no choice without feel good. He has good undestanding to anything, besides had read my CS-profile quite well (I wish every CS-hosts did so!) so that we could have nicer conversation without general questions,,,He\s a good artist, worked for children by art, but also writes a song, we sang each own songs by his guitar each by one in candle lights, it was nice concert even only us. ,,,I was tired and it's 0:00 but we went out for a walk,, Wao beautiful buildings, rather different from other region of Romania (Oradea as well), there are some nice music club, although no good skill'metal band were playing it's nice space,,then riverside nearby park, nobody were there in midnight with snow but many street lamps,very bright,,different from Moldova. His favorite cafe also said OK about my performance,good.
 
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22, Jan
"my publicity"---
Today Saturday around 9 PM, In Arad, club FLEX 
I will sing before whitesnake' cover band (!?)' play.
Even if you're not Romanian,
if you're in Hungary or Serbia (or Burgaria or Moldova or Ukraine),
Romania is just neighbour, so I'm waiting for your coming :)

.Meeting a CSer and walked around the city with wet inside shoes,it made me tired
and nervours for quality of tonight's singing,

but I still had had a time with Ansgar because he's interesting man,
then surfed next CS-host in neighbour block but by some general questions I nearly got depressed
but went FLEX together.

.After we suffered noisy sound-check of the band for an hour (Do it before audience come!),
I sang with someone's plugged acoustic guitar for half an hour,
Thanks audience to clapping and shouting
,,,but after performance some people talked to me "Congratulations!"
,,Is it proper English in this occasion? unexpectedly nice.
(As only few people write comments on this blog,
I note its song list only for myself :
It's already enough // Object of desire // Le miserable on me // Globetrotter // 30 years // I don't have umbrella // Thank you // Happy feelings )

,,,"Good night" 1am, but then I started mailng of CS,
there's no my good sleep without proceeding computer work(or desposing reply to many mails) even if a bit.
I already found 4 of hosts in my next plan' county Hunedoara, but as I'm runnig now,if I didn't send CS-requset-mails to the county after next,soon I will be short of future engaged hosts,besides from tomorrow I will surf to hosts in 2 villages,not for sure they have good Internet or not,so this night is important to do it
,,,"What are you doing Ushi,it's 5am" by host,Sorry.
6:30am went to bed(couch).
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23, Jan
,,,before noon, host woke me up.
easy hitchhike by host's driving till suburb (Thanks!) then
Attila, who use curse words often (because the road is really bad) but believe in God, profession is repair and tuning of pipe organ in church! married but says single is better, drove me till Chisineu-Cris (Thanks!)
so I didn't call host even if she can come there from 12km' far village by car, wanted to travel at least little more, then people didn't pick me up,,but somehow reached until junction 3km to CS-host's village,Tipar. But the man who hitchhiked same car was the neighbour of my host who has a car, so we called her :)

.Steffi is from same region of Germany as Ansgar, and she also great host!
,,is living here for 4 years but she feels it's like 8 years. ,,but as I'm writing about CS-host on reference of their CS-profile,I omit to write same thing twice.

.In her work place,Youth Club, I talked about travel and sang.

,,from tomorrow, I will travel in Hunedoara county, but all CSers who invited me there haven't sent me final confirmation :)))

I couldn't sleep for long hours in bed, not only why because today I got up late
but also,,I don't write detail as it's very personal matter, though,
as this blog is more my diary for me than to public, these expresson is enough to remember how it was to me.
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24, Jan
Finally white snow came back! I'm glad.
So far, many times I was broken by my own speed,so today intentionally I postponed my paln of trial of (seems harder)hitchhike to the mountainery area, I remained in so cozy house of Stefanie,and write blog or mails again,,
,,Surely today I have started computer work from 8am,
soon it got to be 5pm. So my plan of going for a walk in village was taken place so quickly in sunset.
,,,I didn't want to admit but anyway I have to say I'm traveling inside Internet more than real world.

Accidentally I met Cosmin on the street again, soon after he asked me again about Japan or traveling I got stress so now I have known my mind has been so free since I have been  writing freely today. In short times though, he welcomed me to his house,his family as well,but of course they asked me general questions, even if through one cushion of his translation, I got strees by them. This matter has no answer as meeting with me is first time for everybody whom I meet, no one is to blame, and as long as I can't tarvel without meeting with any human, somehow I have to continue to braek through this. So that even if my blood got to boil instantaneously like "Fuck off general questions!!", I try to be smile otherwise my face may show Fuck off to innocent people,,but OH! JUST EXACTLY RIGHT NOW Cosmin asked me "Do you have sister or brother?" just 50cm next to my writing moment, so I nearly shouted but barely answered with stone face ",,one sister,,"
I know someof readers of this might think that Ushi didn't like the village by those sentence but, No matter people misunderstand it I don't care anymore, I write blog more record for myself than for readers. And from the first, it's rare that I have negative happenings in travel, "Interesting for me or not" is almost all, "good or bad" doesn't matter.

.As a result of surfing couches of Ansgar and Steffi, my interest for Germany that once I almost lost was born again, great :)

.Today's CS-mail ",,,Who knows, I may be able to host you !!!"
,,, how can I surf to such uncertain info. ?

computer from 8pm to5am.
(,,to be continued)
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25 , Jan
9:30am hitchhike with Steffi for a few km and Bye,then ---Inelu---Barsa---driver was caught by police by overspeed,,,till Varfurile. Under white sky with a little snow'falling,memorably tasty Steffi'sGerman bread'sandwich.---Thanks priest but please Don't preach with staring me when you're driving! ,,phoned to CS-host to report where I am but he seemed not to understand hitchhike, I don't know when I will arrive though. Brad 3:30pm.---small town Cr iscior. Lack of sleep and minus temprature made my stomach loose,luckily I found kind person in secondhand shop to borrow toilet,,,trying to stand for a while with thumbing up,then change the point,it's repeating,,purple sunset was already quite a while ago,already dark in winter,usually I should give up and start to knock on doors,but continued---Thanks a guy until intersection to the road to villages,,,wild children were sledging on frozen road, after houses there's no light only one road in the valley between mountains,and almost no traffic but there's still more several km, usually I should wait for bus if I trust children's advice, and I don't know how much possiblity to encounter with wolves or bears? but I tried to walk into darkness,into the wild,even if I haven't watched the movie,even if it's actually not wild but still civilized road,,like 3 years ago's winter I walked 10km with luggage between mountain under the moonlight in Azerbaijan(I was younger,more energetic),,few cars passed but ignored me,reached to some houses so I nearly start to knock but the big bus came, usually I have to pay if I ride on it(of course) but as I'm still on the way of hitchhike,I asked the driver for free, my body seemed to remember suddenly how long I was in the cold air.---Finally the village Cris! After I phoned host again, they came down from the top of small mountain by walk taking for 20 minutes,BUT I was already exhausted,so although they helped to carry my luggage,I was dizzy and nearly vomit to climb up with watching illusion and speaking alien language,,took for 1 hour, finally goal 9:30pm, and down.

Unexpectedly suddenly I'm in Hungary (almost)

,,.Baia MAre to Satu Mare directly by only a driver,Thanks! he complained me how he doesn't like maramuresh' people' character.
.CS-hosts' Hungarian couple invited me by traditional yummy foods, they're unique,quite interesting,took me to the bar and their friends also gathered there without calling, one of them was extremely funny like real comedian! each words from his mouth contains something makes us laugh, though, he narrated his meeting ith some gay' people and asserted what a pure kind of love they have!? ,,drunk regional stinky but healthy liqueur,resembled as "Riga Black balsam"
But,
when I noticed I already got sick by full of smoke without good ventilator,besides taking alcohol even if it's just a sip,besides without sleep last night, suddenly I became silent like stone,,but even after we got back flat it's same as long as everyone smokes. Regarding smoke and alcohol,my body seems to be getting more intorerant, actually it's a problem for my "super sociable" way of travel,,but for example in Ukraine almost everybody was smoking but I didn't need to care,,seems Romanian climate is rather wet so quality of smoke also different,covers me stickily,,moreover,differed from Scandinavia or Baltic,people here don't have culture of smoking in balcony but do everywhere indoor,,,maybe I should go back to Arabic world as soon as I can??
(,,to be cotinued)
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15, Jan
.Started hitchhike from 1:30pm though,,had been wet by rain for 2 hours,then, at Carei, had been wet by rain till get dark,then, 3rd car dropped me off in the middle of nowhere without any light under the rain,,but
.Oradea 7:30pm, somehow I could meet CS-host,Kinga. Oh,nice European town, not big city though wide and long walker' street in center,,such impression is the first time in Romania. She reminded me of a female singer whom I was making duo-unit with several years ago,because often says Sorry to me, she had no time to cook something for me so says Sorry although invited me some restaurant,,I should rather say sorry from my side maybe?! She has Japanese language' learning-kit,I would rather want to learn it (for learning How to teach it). Thanks Internet even if extremely slow,,
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16, Jan
.Spring has come, so sunny so warm, but I can't enjoy like a fake spring if cold will come again soon.
.Surfed house of host Bordaska and Dora,Wao it's like a cozy cafe or atelier,non-smell of living although they have 3-months baby! their smile and character,atmosphere, Wish many people were like them,but not everybody can become like them. with their friend (forgot her name but like Japanese actress Kiki Kirin), had a beautiful lunch by ful of organic vegetables. 
.Evening view of center of Oradea reminded me of Vilnius, clean and nice. Bike riding actually getting lost, met CSer and friend in cafe (has many TV, like everywhere Romanian cafe). Talking was not so exciting so I nearly go home but tried to wait their other friend's coming,,so I could meet more diffferent people,besides pizza,I need patience. ,,by the way, all of them and today's hosts are Hungarian.Jozsef is a member of Hungarian students' union and Japanese Animation fan club, his family name is Tamas-Peter, it's like his full name consists of 3-fast names? his girlfriend's family name means "Hungarian"?,,Oh please don't make me get interested in Hungary much,I'm still on the way of descovering Romania.
.,,After 22:00, baby was sleeping and Bordaska also was going to sleep,oh I haven't lock the door of house but he said "no need"?!,,,I wanted to try to meet them by knoking not by website.

.Waited for a few days but no CS-invite from Arad,OK Try to change the route,sent some CS-mail to other small city,,soon Got answer "Sorry".
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17, Jan
.War started today of  '91 in Iraq.
.The biggest earthquake happned today of '95 in Japan.

.Only 5 seconds after I arrived in open flea market,I noticed I didn't need to buy nothing
,,,but someone was selling laptop mixed in many rubbish,by 300 euro around?(some people still calls Romanian lei like "million" I'm confused),, I sould get own laptop maybe,if I can't change my travel way,,
.Thanks university'biblioteka's woman to offer me Internet although it's only for students.
.Thanks another biblioteka to offer me Internet although it's only for students
,,so I was late to meeting with Japan'fan club people at students'union office,
but Thanks them to offer me Internet ,,, Oh, today also I've been almost just online.
.CS-host Igor appeared after 9pm with humming, Oh, he's from Chisinau! I'm really glad to talk by Russian :) but Oh, I asked him "How much do you speak Romanian?"! Sorry to all of Moldovan people who usually speaks by Romanian than Russian, I even have forgotten it, Moldovan trip was just a few months ago though.
.Igor is actor of theater for children, his wife woks at children'playground.

(,,to be continued)
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18, Jan
,,after all I have been online at host's home till 4:30pm. I have promise to visit next host from 5:30pm, but will sing at the bar from 8pm. Tomorrow I will hitchhike from morning 8pm. I think I don't have time to write this blog from start of this journey,,
.Through totally foggy city,Igor droved me to next host of family 5:30pm.They had written me mail it's too short if I go to bar to sing in the middle of "only one night' surfing",so I tried to have nice conversation with them as I can,till before 8pm.

.Moskva club's manager, Gergo was advertising my performance by this :
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177935478911580&index=1
,,,,
Many people were there, and Gergo's introduction to audience and talk with me between my singing 
seemed like TV show, though,
my voice couldn't sing fully because I'm not practicing everyday,
if I was professional I have to pay back ticket fee but today is no entry fee, though,
George even asked people money for help my travel?
,,Oh even 15 euro I didn't need though. Since December in Romania,I still spent only 3 euro though.
When my singing was rather better in Iasi or else, almost there's no audience though,,,

.Instead my no-good performance,I could go back to host before 10pm, they told me sleeping time would be 11pm, but we didn't have to talk anymore,,but it's OK,
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 19, Jan
.Can't decide where should I go next with viewing map or many CSer's profiles in many cities
till morning. Only an hour I slept but 7:30 am the family left home to job and scool, it's something fun to join to typical busy morning for me.
. Seen Igor's acting at the theater with many small children from scool.
.Internet at Hungarian student union, Stert hitchhike from 3PM around.
Very sleepy but very cold and wet weather, sunset time in Alshed I nearly gave up but the small truck picked me up but it was winding road over the hill but very foggy and got to dark but the driver continued to talk by mobile even at criff withouy guardrail, unexpectedly adventure.


.Simleu Silvaniei at 6:30pm.  
CS-host Doru appeared and greeted me by Japanese.
He and his mother's family business of making palinka in next village Pericei
,,,workers at there welcomed me so friendlily,
especially Şerban who makes best palinka in this region.
He didn't stop to talk to me (it means Doru couldn't stop to translate for us),
"Stay here for a few weeks,I want to show you all processes to make palinka,
I will offer you foods,palinka,even woman!"?
then,his wife came and scolded him with beating his hip,,almost like cartoon!?
He's always drunken but can do good job.

(,,it's just because of light from camera, he's not a monster :)

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20, Jan
.So nice view of village' hill from my couch's window. I was attracted by it for a long time.
.Doru entertained me just only by talking at breakfast' table,,
.Many changes of my trip plan as usual, because CS-host who answered me OK still doesn't send me their phone and address, so I sent mails to more another cities'CSers  but soon some of them answered me invite,Oh,it's already 4:30PM.

.Thanks to help hitchiike,Say Bye to Doru 5:30pm, but arrived next host Simona in Zalau 6:30pm.

.3 e-mails from France at once,,,What kind of sign it is??

.CS-host of couple at the mountain 20 min walk from the village answered me invite
But their mail was like this !
,,," Please bring your liver with you as we need an urgent transplant :)
If you have any extra kidneys, our dog will be pleased.
ohh... I hope you have a lot of money with you because the friend with whom you will share the room needs some extra cash. By the way, he will be glad to "share the pillow" with you :)))) "
,,Shoud I surf to them or not !?

(,,to be continued)