Hotel Roberts Sibiu
16-18 Charles Darwin Street Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
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Sibiu-Medieval City-Oct.19 - Part 3
As we drove along towards Sibiu, I marveled at the gorgeous mountains covered in snow. They reminded me of driving through British Columbia. I had already noted how similar Romania was to my home province in Canada. The mountain range I was looking at was the Fagaras Mountains, also known as the Transylvanian Alps. They form part of the Carpathian Mountains which in turn completely surround Transylvania. The Fagaras Mountain range is ...
"You have to pay for this"
... Robin out and decided it would be best to take her to the hospital. We both jumped into the ambulance and went to put on our seat belts. So far every vehicle we have been in in Central or Eastern Europe, when we reach for the seat belts, the driver tells us, "oh no, you don't wear those here," and surprisingly enough, the doctors in the ambulance told us the same thing!
We arrived at the hospital a couple minutes later (yeah, they used the siren) ...
Following Saxons' trail
... nice old man a few coins for his efforts and were... asked for more (because what we paid was the entrance fee and he wishes something for himself as well). We did add a few more coins only to learn that we could be more generous... Ah well.
Driving ahead we have "lost" a few minutes along the road when the herd of sheep appeared in front of us. There was no other way but to stop and stare. For the next attraction, we ...
We love Romania, but it ain’t for the servic
... hot milk. It is the worst cup of coffee ever, I have to put in 2 packages of sugar to make it drinkable, but I choke it down and slap my 2 lei on the counter. I run to where Jeff is with the bags, and, as expected, he is practically jumping up and down worried about missing the train, so we throw on the backpacks and scurry to the train. I’m writing this from the train, and it feels better to get it off my chest ;) Otherwise, Sibiu was a great place to visit! :)
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Sibiu
... that have a community well and the house are made of what looks like untreated old and dry wood, the size of a shack. Most places will have haylofts in their back yard as well as a garden and lots of chickens. There are a lot of streets in town that are still dirt roads.There were horse and carts, sheep herders and a few gypsies. One thing I noticed about the few Gypsy people that I have seen here is the women dress in such bright ...



