Hotel Oxford Inns&Suites Timisoara

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

The title says it all for this entry.<br><br>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 ...

5th June<br>Kiskassa (Hungary) to Timisoura (Romania)<br>Cold, Cloudy 10 degrees am<br>Cloudy periods fine 22 degrees pm<br><br>As it dawned foggy, drizzly and cold we decided to cut our farm stay short and head to Romania. We had already seen Pecs, and with nothing more to see at the farm felt it would be an uncomfortable (cold) wasted day. The drive to Romania was relatively easy except that we forgot that "GPS guy ...

Im in Timisoara the second city in World to start using street lights ..... take a guess at the year?.................. I dont know either . late 1800's. What a true wonderful experience the last 24 hours. I have been staying with a Romanian , Dana. She speaks perfect English and cooks even better. She has made me traditional dishes : rice and pork wrapped in grape leaves topped with yogurt and dill 2) spinach sauce with two eggs ...

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.

... barrel along at even higher speeds. Now, I recognize that I chose to come here and ride a bicycle. So if I get run into the ditch by a large red dump truck, I guess I sorta chose that too. And I am genuinely glad we chose to come here. Romanians are WONDERFUL people: open, engaing, warm, waving, smiling, helpful, curious, accommodating. But many Romania people have few choices....Romania ...

... Andy empujando la mochila; me patean de nuevo, miro al suelo y hay un hombre con una sola pierna y muy estirada que me esta pidiendo dinero! Pero como ha subido al tren si con dos piernas ya es dificil??? Me piden que entre y que cierre la puerta (casi le pillo la pierna), me descuelgan la mochila y me sientan. Y asi Andy, yo y 5 rumanos muy graciosos compartimos las siguientes horas. Nos preguntaban mucho y nos querian ensenar cosas pero el idioma lo impedia. Nos entendiamos en ...

... one girl. The people in Romania seem to be the nicest and most helpful that I've ever met, and they actually still like americans for some reason.