Dacia Timisoara

Str A Mocioni 7, Lugoj Timisoara, Transylvania, Romania

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You say you want a revolution

A travel blog entry by shultz

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After a quick stopover in Budapest to do some laundry, watch the Saint Stephen's Day fireworks which commemorate the founding of Hungary in the year 1000AD and get a good night’s sleep, we headed out on a mostly uneventful seven hour train ride to Timisoara, Romania. It was "mostly" uneventful because as our luck would have it, there was a fire on the train… Yeah, two fires in less than 72 hours. Other than causing some smoke ...

One Chill Week in Lugoj!

A travel blog entry by the.squids

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... kiwi and oranges [see attached pictures, as my descriptive abilities fall short of this marvel!].
After an intense game of O-**** (re-christened Cacăţ!), and after the sun had relented a bit, Gelu took us back out into the town to look at the hoards of lights in the center of town. We walked for about an hour or so, and finally settled at a local terrace by the rive where a sturdy folk musician was strumming ...

Giggles with Giulia

A travel blog entry by the.squids

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... cute small downtown, covered with flowers and lights, fountains and benches lining the street. There is a bridge connecting the once Romanian-side to the German-side, the Iron Bridge, which of course fascinated Javier for hours and days, determined to figure out which side was which. We spend some time strolling through before hopping onto a terrace to drown the heat in an ice-cold beer. We got a local beer and start battling the heat, one sip at a time. We sat around ...

Castelul Huniazilor (Muzeul Banatului)

A travel blog entry by baranoouji

... Ahahaha!) There was no one to take our money at the front entrance, there were pigeons flying merrily in the exhibit hallways, the employees were surly middle-aged women who didn't look all that excited at the prospect of guests -- who spent their time either reading or yelling at their cellphones in the exhibits. The exhibits were locked separately, and had to be unlocked and lit by request. The exhibits themselves ...

Transit to Timisoara

A travel blog entry by bpsilva

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... with an undocumented gypsy traveler. Of course the stereotype is that gypsies are scammers and thieves, but this guy was really nice. He seemed like a good person, and I hope he was able to continue his journey.

After the Italian was thrown off, the train left a few minutes later. It was an uneventful ride until we get to the Romanian border. Upon reaching the border, the train is stormed by police who search the train cars for ...