We crossed the Hungarian/Romanian border at the Bors frontier crossing near Oradea.  There was a bit of a queue to get out of Hungary but getting into Romania didn’t present a problem once all the paperwork had been checked and stamped.  All it took was a quick peak in the back at Customs and we were waved on through into an apparent Industrial wasteland – possible toxic waste dump on the left, factories on the right.  Lets hope that first impressions don’t count! 

The vast sprawling high rise town of Oradea was the first we encountered.  We almost got lost behind the smoke screen produced by local buses – they must burn more oil than fuel!  The only other hazards appeated to be the numerous windscreen smearers that descend when vehicles are nearly at a standstill and are extremely reluctant to take ‘no money’ for an answer!  Me thinks GB plates present a soft target!  Fortunately we soon left the city behind us and were travelling through a gently rolling agricultural landscape.  Now the only road hazards were bicycles and horses drawing overladen carts.  The scenary is like something from the past – haystacks dotted through all the fields.