Hotel Confort Cluj-Napoca
Calea Turzii Nr 48 Cluj-Napoca, 400193, Romania
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Salina Turda
... the ground is complete with an amphitheater, a lake with boats, a bar, and even a Ferris wheel!
Fun Fact: Salt used to be a very precious mineral, it was known as "white gold". In Latin based languages the word for salary came from salarium, basically meaning "salt money".
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Cluj-Napoca
I'm going to try to lay out this blog a little differently. Instead of doing one blog with a ton of pictures for the whole trip, I've broken this one up by all of the different cities we visited.
The first stop on out Transylvania trip was in ...
Circus Tricks and Thunder Storms
... below. The army was called in to help with the destruction. Even a week later, it looks like a small tornado ripped through the centre of town! There have been thunder storms every day since then, but at least the temperature has become more bearable.
And on that note, it’s time for me to crash too! Thanks to everyone for your comments and hello’s. It’s so great to hear from friends when you’re far from home.
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A return to Pantuflas El Grande
... itself is lit up and decorated for the holidays, and it's really pretty.
Romania still reminds me a bit of Mexico. The people are super friendly and warm, and there are lots of stray dogs running around. Two of my favorite things =) We actually have someone working here for a couple of months from Austin; he's originally from Mexico, and he said recently that Romania reminds him of home so I guess there's something to my assessment.
The weather has ...
Torocko (Rimetea in Romanian)
... and they were much older than me and if anything they had the first rights to complaining. After we got stopped because of road work, I got so car sick I thought I would faint. In about an hour and 10 minutes, however, we finally got to Torocko. We got off our van and took in the view of the beautiful mountains.
For a while we stood around stupidly, not knowing where to ...



