Burg Hostel Sighisoara

... was the late evening and I had no idea where to stay in this capitol city. I ran upstairs to a bookstore I saw earlier and opened the Lonely Planet for Eastern Europe to Bucharest, Romania. I found 2 nice options and quickly wrote them down on my now useless standby ticket. I walked out of the train station and approached the notoriously corrupt taxi line outside. One guy seemed to know where I wanted to go (a small miracle, trust me) so I ...

Birthplace of Vlad Tepes, AKA Dracula, we wandered the little town of Sighisoara, taking in the gothic architecture, and climbed a long covered staircase up to a church, cemetary, and view over the town below.

Being a Monday, the museums were closed, but the town itself was more than enough to keep us entertained until our return to Brasov.

... work for the customs. When you travel in Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and i guess any country in Eastern Europe by train, be sure to have a complete travel scheme with you, so you know when and where the train will stop. They will not announce anything. If you are 'lost' you will have a big chance to miss the station.. because you will not have much time to hop off. Note: sorry there is still some grammatical errors, i am in a hurry atm. Leaving to Travnik from Sarajevo today.

... ocazie a polonezilor s-a inregistrat in minutul 25, cand Dudu a sutat spre poarta aparata de Zapata. Columbianul i-a lasat locul in poarta lui Vatca, in minutul 30, iar minutul 32 a adus o faza frumoasa a Stelei. Golanski a facut o cursa de 30 de metri printre adversari si i-a pasat, din pacate, prea in spate lui Rica Neaga, care nu a putut sa preia bine mingea. In minutul 40, in urma unei intrari puternice a ...

... conducta la transferuri Dacă până acum conducerea Stelei a intrat în gura suporterilor pentru perioada slabă de transferuri din timpul iernii, în Ghencea sosind doar "anonimul" Habibou, iată că după sfârșitul stagiului de pregătire din Valencia au sosit 3 nume grele în tabăra "roș-albastră": Dayro Moreno, Jose Moreno și Andres ...

... city. The town center has been well-maintained and carefully restored, and even the bland late 20th-century architecture that would otherwise mar its appearance has been given a new paint job to help it blend in better. In fact, the town sports what is likely the most tasteful Communist-era civic center in Romania, dominated by a squat, clunky theater (that's still at least marginally attractive) and a recently renovated hotel. I guess the Hungarian population makes a big ...

Today started way too early with a 5am departure. An hour on the minibus and 2 cans of Hell (knockoff Red Bull) later and we were at the Baia Mare train station. A few hours on the train and then we were at our destination; Sighisoara! We arrived around 3, so didn't get to much accomplished today. I tried to get some stuff with the bank sorted (unsuccessfully), then went for a ...

From Brasov, six travellers were headed out on the same train north towards Bucharest. We dutifully rose at 6:30AM to make it to the train station on time. Three of us would jump off a few hours later while the rest would head straight to Budapest.

Sighisoara was going to be a bit more of the same, but many had commented that the old village is a bit more ...