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Thanks to my wonderful new teammate, Kristin, I have a detailed schedule (from Saturday to Monday) of my most recent travel day from Oredea, Romania to Speia, Moldova.
 
Wednesday, 4/4/12
 
8:45pm ­– Leave our house on the Caminul Felix property and head to the train station
9:08pm – Arrive at the Oredea Train Station
9:11pm – Have some not so wonderful interactions while me, Sarah, and Hannah were watching nine 50 pound packs in the train station
11:21pm – Train leaves the station
 
Thursday, 4/5/12
 
8:55am – Arrive at the train station in Brasov, Romania
9:15am – Hop on bus 51 to our hostel
9:31am – Arrive at our new hostel
Rest of day – Relax and explore Brasov

 
Saturday, 4/7/12
9:12pm – Leave the hostel in Brasov, Romania and walk down 2 blocks to the square with our packs to load the bus
9:46pm – Pull away on the bus

Sunday, 4/8/12
2:15am – Stop for a bathroom and snack break
2:56am – Pull back out onto the road
3:42am – Arrive @ the Romania border & agent boards to collect passports (stamped to exit)
4:25am – Pull across to exit Romania and pull up to the Moldova entrance border & agent boards to collect passports (stamped to enter)
4:48am – Exit the bus to use the squatty potty at the border
5:01am – Bus crosses into Moldova
7:33am – Arrive @ hotel in Chisinau, Moldova
7:57am – Enter hotel with packs; Check-in & store bags in available rooms; wait in lobby
11am – Move into my assigned room with my roommate for the evening, Kristin
***LAYOVER overnight @ hotel for resting, skyping, regrouping, & a shower.

Monday, 4/9/12
9:15am – Take bags down to the lobby & store
9:30am – Cultural debrief meeting with entire squad in conference room
12:00pm – Contact (Sergio) arrives & my team loads up our packs in his van
12:10pm – Pull away from the hotel packed into the van WR style
12:45pm – Stop @ a store (much like a Costco) to get supplies
1:34pm – Pull away from the store to continue on the road
2:38pm – Arrive @ our host home/church and are were welcomed by the rest of the family – Tanti (Sergio’s wife) and their 2 kids, Laura (5yrs.) and Tabita (6mos.) AND our translator, also Sergio; Enjoy a wonderful lunch of soup, bread, cookies, & hot tea.

Travel “days” on the race are always an adventure, but for a World Racer, this one seemed really simple.