Hotel Apollo Hermannstadt Sibiu
Str. Nicolae Teclu 14 Sibiu, Transylvania, 550200, Romania
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Following Saxons' trail
... in 2007. We stayed in Felinarul Hostel (http://www.felinarulhostelsibiu.ro/), a place as beautiful as strange. The owner was out, so we were greeted by... his friend who was taking care of the place (sort of). Also throughout the day there was no one to be found, or any reception available. At the same time, the places was perfectly situated near the center of the city with a nice and cozy, little room (without a lock) and a cool ...
Trains in Transylvania
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The two highlights of the day were an art gallery and a church, and what pleasantly surprised us was how the boys campaigned for them. Stefano particularly wanted the church and Leo the gallery. Both of them wanted to stay in the gallery longer than we could, looking at 16th and 17th century Flemish and Dutch paintings. But we were against the clock, having to fit both the church and dinner in before the last ...
Bringing together old friends and new
... were still planning on driving a fair amount more that day, so we couldn't partake. Ioana's parents did offer to let us stay the night with them though. They were such gracious hosts. I love the Romanians and I'm sure I'll be back to this country again
We did end up having to leave after a few hours and we drove on to the base of the Transfagarian Pass to camp for the night. This was the ...
Castles at Rasnov, Bran then Sibiu
... providing some insight. Eg, toilet paper was frequently not supplied since people would take the entire roll home, lights in churches are not turned on to save money, while constructing his home builders were not placing wallboard on the studs to save material.
One of the unfortunate situations with the wide bifurcation of income is that begging is very common.
We ride off to Sighisoara for the night, another 150 km. We have the cheese for dinner.
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Transylvania pt. 1
It was almost noon by the time we decided to leave Sibiu and head towards Bran. Highway was set among and over the naked hills, covered with grass and occasional trees only. On the horizon we could see the Fagaras mountains. We were getting closer and closer to the legendary place of Transylvania. THe castle of Count Dracula. I need to tell you however, that this castle is not the real one; the latter is somewhere north west from Bran in the town ...
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