Hotel Maxim Arad

... By Dec 25, the dictator, Ceausescu, and his wife, were executed after an unsuccessful attempt to flee the country.

I felt the city could be the poor cousin of Barcelona, because both of them have strangely designed but beautiful buildings, but almost all of them in Timisoara badly need painting and maintenance. They are concentrated around 3 squares in the old town, so a leisurely stroll is the ...

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The berths on our train out of Sighetu had eight seat numbers. We thought that surely the seats would not be filled since it looked as though they had been built for that number of elementery schoolchildren. Alas, after a short time, six very noisy adults came crowding into the birth. They had ...

... his moments and so when he said turn right and board ferry we saw the funny side. We decided the bridge would be the faster option. We travelled through some rustic towns and past large flat field with crops of corn, barley and lucerne. We arrived at the border and paid the compulsory Romanian Road Tax of 9 Euro for a month and then passed through the Romanian checkpoint without too much delay. We arrived at ...

... terenul din Timişoara. Preţul minim este de 40,8 milioane de euro. „Până la 31 decembrie vom decide care ofertă este mai bună. Urmează ca în şase luni de la vânzare să definitivăm construcţia unei noi fabrici şi să ne mutăm în noua locaţie. Banii vor fi folosiţi şi pentru retehnologizare”, a mai declarat Petru.
Acesta a mai spus că s-a estimat că noua ...

... top 3) Omelette with smoke fat (from a pig) mixed sausage and home grown radishes 4) preserved cherries This girl is amazing she makes everything from canned squashed to jams Changing subjects............ I had a FIRST I have been hearing so much about Opera since being here I figured I go to a show. Well between not understanding and having an uncomfortable chair it wasnt too bad. I only fell asleep 3 times. Ill keep you posted jab

Nos despedimos de Belgrado para volver a Timisoara y desde allí coger el avión de vuelta a Valencia. Tras la huella del Danubio: El sol se oculta detrás de los frondosos bosques rumanos, el tren silba, los raíles chirrían y dejamos algo más que nuestra estancia en Belgrado. Cada regreso es una armónica melancólica, cada vuelta a casa es una nube de nostalgia. La imagen de la capital serbia al cerrar los ojos. Al acabar un viaje se empieza uno en la antesala del subconsciente.

Llegamos sobre las 3 de la madrugada al aeropuerto de Timisoara. Allí cogemos un taxi para ir a la estación de tren, donde tenemos que coger el tren hacia Belgrado. Después de los 17 euros que nos sabla el taxista, cambiamos algo de dinero rumano (RON) para poder comprar los billetes. Esperamos dos horas en el hall de la estación con algunos indigentes rumanos. A las 6 de la madrugada sale nuestro tren.

... statues and squares scattered around the old town. Their parks are gorgeous. We had beers (Calvin) and lemonade (me) outside while people watching. The Eastern European fashion statements are coming out now that the weather is nice - low low pants, high boots, tummy shirts, etc. Calvin finds it amusing. We are enjoying our days of "doing nothing" while actually experiencing a lot before we go on the tourist track and get caught up seeing all the big sights.

... We only know how to go. Slowing down is just not an option." What really bums me out (besides waiting to die each time a truck passes within inches) is that we have been on two different highways that are being repaved (with EU support)....but without any sort of shoulder, meaning that all other users must share the 10 foot space with heavy traffic, only the improved surface allows traffic ...

... though, I can find no onward transportation onward to Serbia, though that may have changed by now, as those were dark days then. Belgrade seems little more than a stone’s throw as the crow flies, but that doesn’t do me much good if there are no buses or trains. There are plenty of gypsies here, too, many of them hanging out in front and inside of the train station and generally making nuisances of themselves. It’s time to go back.