Switch to Bucharest—which is just what I did. Feeling numb from leaving my friends, the drive on a superhighway from Craiova to Bucharest made me feel like the journey was done in a flash. That is, until it was time for me to find my hotel. As always, I had to make many frustrating passes before coming in for a landing. This time it was Hotel Venezia. My room was quite nice, peaceful, and very empty. I missed my friends. I took a hot bath and pondered what to do.