Europa 2000 Sighisoara

... gets fewer backpackers and a lot more people coming in to party on the weekend. I have seen this before and should have realized it but got lucky.

My roommates are Romanian students. We have an interesting discussion on the future of Romania. They feel that corruption is so endemic that it will not change. They ask me where I went to grad school. I tell them Harvard and then I notice one of the guys is wearing a Harvard sweatshirt. Funny.

Woke up a little earlier than planned and I went for a cappuccino in the main square with Vanessa and Emanuele-the two Montreal girls from my dorm. It is so peaceful here even sitting on the city's main square. The guy who runs the hostel says that tourism doesn't pick up until June. I couldn't imagine coming here in the summer as it is already so hot.

Went to catch my train, and it is always an experience, to say the ...

... I was able to find the station and only had to wait an hour for the next train. Word of the wise: if you know you are going to be taking a return train ride, it's cheaper to buy the return fare than buy each separately. And thankfully the station is quite close to the old town, making that one person's warnings and offer for transportation absolutely ridiculous. Although extremely slow, the train was much more enjoyable of a journey than that maxitaxi!

... research and knew so much more. I needed him around as a personal tour guide I think. I had planned to leave Sighisoara the next morning to go up to northern Romania but I discovered there was a night train that went directly to the town I wanted to go and it meant not having to change trains and spend a day on trains or waiting in train stations. So with some of the information Alan had told me about Sighisoara I went out and explored more and realized there is ...

... beers after looking around. We then got a rather more boring taxi ride home. The English couple we were camping next to, were and older couple who had a few good stories to tell and we chatted to them about there travels and got a few ideas of places to go, including a mountain drive we would do the next day. I also got to swap some books!!! I may be excited but this was the first in a long time, and I got the other Boylen girl which made me very excited. miles so far: 7144

... of Romanian artists made our stay ending in the best possible way. "Susza Zan, Tunderground and Nemez (http://www.nemezband.com)" were the name of the performing groups. Hope to see them again during our stay. Thank You Sfantu Gheorghe, thank you Rotary and family, you made us spend a wonderful priceless experience, not even close to the idea of Romania that we had before arriving.

... you'd have the guards with holes to shoot arrows or guns at the invaders, there were also holes that looked straight down. We later found out that these were used as their toilets in time of strife, so that they could retain their waste - outside of the city center, but also in times of invasion to poop on the invaders heads... Just be careful, because if you can poop on them, they can throw something back up at you... so best to poop release and juke... don't want to be exposed ...

... com. Habib Habibou are 20 de ani si a fost transferat (sau imprumutat) de la formatia belgiana Charleroi. PROTESTE SI INEPTII "Protest prin absenta". Astfel au ales ultrasii ros-albastrii sa-si exprime nemultumirea fata de "legea lui Mitica" - adica legea pentru prevenirea si combaterea violentei in sport. Cu riscul de a ...

... with money left over for her relocation. She is well spoken and very hospitable to us... she has her information down and is able to answer all our questions, at the same time warming us with tea and arming us with all sorts of videos/booklets.....high quality propaganda...she puts a very human face on the opposition...and one can understand how important the project is for her....money, a new house...she believes Gabriel will create lots of ...

... 1st season over here). Unfortunately though, even the pub owners got sick of us ended up dumping the bill at our table before we asked (normally you spend half an hour trying to catch someones attention in order to get the bill) and abruptly changed the channel on the TV. Luckily it wasn't too long until our train left so we said goodbye to the beautiful yet tiny Sighisoara and headed to the station to await our return train. All in all, we ...