In April 2025, I made a trip to 3 very different countries in Europe - Switzerland, Serbia and Romania. Being fortunate enough to have travelled to most of Western Europe except Ireland and Switzerland, I burned some miles and booked a Y ticket from Singapore to Zurich and stitched the Balkans and Dacia to my travels. I should preface what I had written for my title as I am no fan of Stalinism or Soviet-style communism. Ceasescu a long-time despot indirectly installed by the Soviets as bulwark against the West presided over a Romania deeply suffocated by shortages, fear and cultural genocide. But I cannot help but be fascinated by what life was like in one of mankind's greatest experiments. And being a curious person in general, I foolishly arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 3 signed up for a 12 hour red eye flight.
Trip report components:
1. SQ346 Singapore to Zurich on a B777-300ER
2. Zurich
3. Zurich HB to Interlaken Ost by SBB train
4. Hotel-Restaurant Burgseeli, Interlaken
5. Interlaken and surrounds
6. LX1418 Zurich to Belgrade on a A220-300
7. Belgrade
8. Belgrade to Timisoara by taxi
9. Timisoara, Romania
10. Timisoara to Sibiu via Arad by CFR Calatori train
11. Sibiu, Romania
12. Sibiu to Cluj-Napoca by CFR Calatori train
13. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
14. RO648 Cluj to Bucharest-Otopeni on a B737-800
15. Bucharest
16. LX1889 Bucharest-Otopeni to Zurich (Operated by Air Baltic) on a A220-300
17. Montreux and Bern
18. SQ345 Zurich to Singapore on a B777-300ER
Trip report components:
1. SQ346 Singapore to Zurich on a B777-300ER
2. Zurich
3. Zurich HB to Interlaken Ost by SBB train
4. Hotel-Restaurant Burgseeli, Interlaken
5. Interlaken and surrounds
6. LX1418 Zurich to Belgrade on a A220-300
7. Belgrade
8. Belgrade to Timisoara by taxi
9. Timisoara, Romania
10. Timisoara to Sibiu via Arad by CFR Calatori train
11. Sibiu, Romania
12. Sibiu to Cluj-Napoca by CFR Calatori train
13. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
14. RO648 Cluj to Bucharest-Otopeni on a B737-800
15. Bucharest
16. LX1889 Bucharest-Otopeni to Zurich (Operated by Air Baltic) on a A220-300
17. Montreux and Bern
18. SQ345 Zurich to Singapore on a B777-300ER

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