My first stop was volunteering on an organic farm in a small village outside of Timisoara, Romania, thanks to a tip from a traveller I had met in Spain a few months earlier.

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Mr. Chakra and his eight colleagues were lodged in a guest house in Timisoara, known as Romania's Silicon Valley because of the local technical university.

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They joined Anderlecht on five points after the Belgian side were held 0-0 in Romania by FC Timisoara.

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In the other match, Milan Badelj was the star of the show as Dinamo Zagreb cruised to a 3-0 victory at Romania's Timisoara.

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In Group A, Romania's FC Timisoara earned a vital point after a 0-0 draw away to Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam.

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