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Newsletter Eight supplement PS

Date: Wednesday 3 September 2003.

This newsletter had a limited circulation - only to those who may have been interested in getting a visa.

I think I forgot to mention (for your later reference) I needed my return train ticket voucher to prove to the embassy staff how I was getting to Romania. It's easier than presenting the vehicle papers and green card for a private car with the driver's license of the person driving it.

When I bought the ticket it was a Timisoara/Budapest, Budapest/Timisoara "voucher" sort of thing (valid for two months) and an actual Timisoara to Budapest seat allocation ticket. Together they were a little over 1,000,000 lei.

When I knew what train I wanted to return on (after I got my visa) I presented the voucher at one of the international ticket windows at the (correct) Budapest train station, paid a seat reservation fee (810 Forint) and got the actual ticket (seat allocation) to return with.

Just to be on the safe side I also presented the embassy with flight details for my travel after Romania (to show I'm leaving again).

And because I can't imagine sending a newsletter (even a 'PS' one) without a silly picture, 3 tonnes of, no wait, 2.999 tonnes of rhino...

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Ian.
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http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/ianman/

Part of a conversation in Hungary:

Hostel guy: Do you know any Hungarian?
Me: Egen. [Hungarian for "Yes" - the only word I knew at the time.]
Hostel guy: Ha nincs íred és szelencéd, miért teszed magad borbéllyá? Nem vállalkozhatunk valamire, ha a hozzá szükségesekkel nem rendelkezünk. Aki nem tud magyar, ne beszéljen magyar. Sötétben minden tehén fekete. [Or something like that.]

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