Best Western Hotel Fantanita Haiducului Sibiu

... A large castle wall surrounded by a moat is nearby. This town is not covered by my tourist info. It is interesting what makes the list.<br><br>Along the road in several towns, elderly were selling potatoes and onions. These items were identical from person to person and nobody was stopping to buy. I have to think that a couple dollars a day was as much as most were making. <br><br>Our wanderings were well worth the extra time but we arrive in Sibiu well after nightfall and miss the ...

Sibiu is a delightful city, small - about 250 000 people, but ready to make your staying one of the best in Romania.<br>The city, on its German name Hermannstadt, was founded in the 12 century and in 2007 was Cultural European Capital.<br>The Bruckenthal Palace in the Big Plaza, today an art museum and the Evangelic Cathedral are worth a 2-3 hour visit. <br>Also, climbing all the way up in the Council Tower , the 12 century gate of SIbiu, let us see the city from above.<br>Great place!

For almost the entire time I've been writing blog entries, I have been dying to use this priceless pick-up line from my past (worthy of its own entry at the that time, but sadly for you, I was not a blogger then) as a blog entry title. Today, I witnessed the event worthy of this title, and it made me so, so happy.<br><br>I last wrote from Sighisoara, and honestly, not much has happened since that last entry. We spent a ...

... of her. I can't imagine that lasting long on the streets of Winnipeg before someone walks away with them! You also see these old guys with an old style popcorn machine selling little bags of popcorn and others with a soft serve ice cream machine. There people coming into restaurants selling their cheap dollar store items to you and the waiters don't kick them out, and they let them do their selling. They aren't pushy at all which is nice. I had ...

... deprived myself of a lot of water as I was scared what the washrooms were like. It is so incredibly hot and humid here (no air conditioning) that I stood in the hallway of the train with my head out the window. However, I saw so much incredible scenery and a slice of rural living! I swear I saw the very same village they filmed Borat in! I think I saw "Number 2 prostitute in all of Kazakhstan". I wonder if I would be #3? There are these ...

... LOTS of t-shirts and other souvenirs to sell! We walked down into lower town which used to be where for Romanians lived (while the Saxons were in the upper town) and is more residential and less touristy. We bought some ice cream at the local produce market, walked to the river which was a bit anti climatic, and people watched. Then, we made it to the Piata Huet square where the Evangelical Church is to climb the 192 stairs for an excellent view of the city. While ...

This city is amazingly beautiful. In '07 it ...

... the way to Biertan. He pointed and gestured and told us about a vineyard high on the hill. He talked about his brother, the small fortified church, and the bridge that would take us to the path to Biertan. We gained as much as we could, missing many details in trying to keep up with old German by those who don't really speak German at all. After a while, we bid him farewell and continued to walk through Dupus. Since we were getting a bit hungry and running out of water, I ...

... 75-80 degrees, with only a small cloud or two in the sky. The pastures that we trampled were full of summer flowers, pushing their way up between the high green grass. Looking back upon the village of Brateiu in the distance, I saw that its position, nestled against small mountains and facing an expanse of open fields, made it appear as an idyllic vision. When I had walked through it earlier, I had noticed the broken and dirty homes with their rusted gates and doorknobs. Trash ...

... boys heard about that was supposedly only 15mins out of Sibiu by train. Five hours and three train tickets later we arrived back in Sibiu, only having managed to get the boys coated in a layer of salt from some incredibly cold, dodgy dam that we found where the thermal bath was meant to be. We had a very quiet, very early night in order to try and regain some of the lost sleep from the night before and spent the following morning ...