Claudiu Sighisoara

... Like a pinball's path, I arrived bruised and battered at the English bookstore to grab a Lonely Planet guide book for Turkey. I had no choice but to laugh when my simple plan went belly up. Before me lay a rather well stocked bookcase of Lonely Planets. They had guide books for popular Romanian holiday spots such as New England, Fiji and Antarctica. However a book for country that was a one hour flight away was not on the shelves or even ...

... after the food is ordered. <br><br>I power up my laptop. The waiter connects my extension cord to an outlet behind the bar. I have kluged a system. I brought a US type extension cord of 6 feet. I have an adapter plug that I have permanently attached to the cord with electrical tape. This allows me to go into outlet limited hostels and other places with the ability to reach places as well as plug in my laptop, camera battery charger and IPOD ...

... one table, one chair, one knife spoon and fork and one bowl. They said that after 2 weeks there has only been one divorce in 300 years. Peter-our guide-was very informational about the history of the church and the town. He was a great guide and he only cost me around 25 dollars to have him for three hours including transportation. <br><br>I can't believe that Romania isn't more of a tourist destination. The scenery is beautiful, the people ...

... steep hill (not a good idea I figured since I'm pregnant), I found the path to take. Even getting up this was more challenging for me than normal. My breathing sounded like I had just run a marathon a full speed. Well I've never done that but that's how I imagine I would sound like about 5 minutes into it...The views from the tower are breath-taking (and no just because I literally had to catch my breath). I then walked over to the white tower and ...

I left Brasov on Sept. 11 and got a train to a town a couple hours north called Sighisoara. Transylvania attracts people for the whole vampire and Dracula stuff but Sighisoara is the real deal as Vlad Tepes (aka Vlad the Impaler) was actually born here. And the town takes that notoriety and runs with it. But it also has some other things that make it unique. One those is the fact that it is the only place in all of Europe where people still live within the old ...

... but all of them just charming. On arriving to Sighisoara we were greeted with a lovely looking town set in the hills. The first camp site we saw only had a tiny entrance which Clive would not have fit in, so we went to the next one which was meant to have a great view of the town. Well the view was great, but the drive to get there was a little hairy and it really wasn't all that close to town. The camp site was part of a restaurant that was set on the largest hill in the ...

... at least we'll have something to show for it... j/k. Instead of braving the local taxi drivers, which we heard tons of horror stories about (those guys probably have stories about the last sucker that sat in their cab each day), we opted for a private transport. We contacted reputable companies and asked for quotes for a privte driver in a private car from the airport to our hotel in Brasov which was about 1.5 - 2 hours away through some pretty mountainous roads. Having ...

... ieri tratativele pentru columbienii Pepe &#351;i Dayro Moreno, dar &#351;i pentru peruanul Andres Mendoza. În schimb, transferul lui Karamian e în impas, deoarece nu e dorit de Gigi Becali Zi de excep&#355;ie pentru Steaua pe pia&#355;a transferurilor. Ro&#351;-alba&#351;trii au reu&#351;it s&#259; încheie negocierile pentru cei 3 atacan&#355;i pe care Gigi Becali a promis c&#259;-i va pune la dispozi ...

... about the person. There is a likeness of the person, usually relating them to their work. Interesting cemetery, but people packed in there so closely, I preferred the more traditional cemetery with trees and more space in between. Even, or I should say especially for eternity, my own space. Guess why that's why I'm going for cremation. Infinite space. I was told, but thought I just misunderstood the first time, that people here will buy not only their grave site ...

... some people used to call for an autonomous status for Transylvania in the 90s - the way of life here really is a far cry from the Regat at times. Most of all though, it's refreshing to see a former trouble spot getting along so well nowadays. I'm off to Odorheiu Secuiesc next, known to the Magyars as Székelyudvarhely. Apparently some 96% Hungarian even today, it's going to be the first place I've been in Romania that really isn't the least bit Romanian. Ought to be interesting.