Then when we left for Bucharest it was of course much later than planned and very hot, so hot that about 15km out of Pitesti, BANG!!!! One of our tires gave up with a very loud bang!  Not too far from a petrol station, so carefully we continued there. We found some men to give us a hand and we changed the tire! Meanwhile I phoned Charlotte to keep her up to date, we ended up arriving at around 9 after a near robbery on the Ring which is called the ring but isn’t really, It is more like a collection of roads more or less around the city!  There was a car on the side and the men inside it started calling ‘problem problem’ pointing to the side we’d just had trouble with! When we stopped a bit further to see they also stopped, and pointed at the rear of the van ‘Problem problem’, Vincent ran out and I thought this isn’t right so I told the children to hide the camera  and to stay inside because I thought they were thugs, We were at the back when Senne saw a pair of brown arms reaching for the GPS and he cried Hey!!!  The guy got a fright and asked for a cigarette!

 We continued our trip with our hearts beating very fast, that was a close shave!

And then when we arrived at Charlottes house our audience was waiting for us impatiently, we had something to drink, changed and played!!! It was amazing that we could play at all after so much excitement! 

We had a very nice stay in this safe haven! Koen who lives here too ordered an Angel from heaven, Gabi, who took our tyre and got it fixed and didn't even want a bottle of wine for a thank you!
Thanks Gabi!!! and Koen!
Jyoti