Hotel Steaua Sighisoara

... this for backpackers and people looking for something out-of-the-way and it's a great place to discover yourself, whether it be on the train surrounded by backpackers who have been travelling for hours on end or amongst the crowd and music and dancing going on. It truly is something you can't experience anywhere else.

... laundry in their back yards. It is quite beautiful actually. I had to transfer trains in a rundown town called Copsa Mica. It looks like an industrial town and it's strange to see little shacks set up against industrial buildings. The train doors are wide open the whole trip with people hanging out them. When the train stops(sometimes in the middle of nowhere) there is a mad rush of people jumping off and on. It's a good ...

... The only one hostel i have stayed was Flying Pig in Amsterdam. It is known as one of the best hostels in the world.They say the party scene is very lively.I haven`t experienced it personally as i wasn`t there to party,i was there because i was searching for a room and i didn`t have anywhere else to stay.Being one of the best in the world,it was also one of the most expensive.27 Euros for a bed in 8 persons dormitory-. It was of course packed with ...

I have very limited internet access, so this entry is mainly to pin my location. be jealous, muhahaha --- We arrive in a spacious, rather clean train station in Bucharest all sleepy-eyed at 6:30am. Our sleeper looked exactly like the one from istanbul, except less smelly. We immediately got tickets for the 7:30am train to Sighisoara (40 lei=$18?=cok pahale!) and proceeded to McDonald's. Natasha got some fish sandwich through a mutually ...

... the town Targu Secuiesc. Targu Secuiesc has a very impressive museum, packed with artifacts that helped us understand better what this part of Romania is about - this part being more than 90% Hungarian. These are Hungarians for whom the term 'Local Patriot' is a fond and oft-used self-description. One of the major building blocks of industry and society in this area were the guilds. The first was the Tanner's Guild. And amongst others there were also the ...

... historical, but still, it was like being in Solvang, with its old buildings, and MacDonalds parked in a 13th century landmark. I enjoyed it, not what I imagined, but to have a Vodafone store across the street, and bars, restaurants, pubs, and KFC wihin a 5 minute walk was comforting... Ahhh... civilization. Jill equated it a bit to a theme park. But it really felt Bavarian, but on a cheaper scale as the "Lei" - their currency in Romania went a long way for us. with 3 days here ...

... Atenție! Se caută suporteri! Echipa nu joacă mai nimic, un meci îl câștigă, 10 le pierde. Ne revenim? Da pe naiba! De ce să ne amăgim? Lumea e tot mai scârbită de toată telenovela ce se întâmplă la Steaua în ultima vreme. Nu mai vin suporterii la meciuri, echipa nu mai e susținută, jucătorii sunt din ce în ce mai ...

... destruction. And probably 5 years ago, in a town named Baia Mares in northern Romania, there was a cyanide based, open pit gold mine catastrophe. There was a leakage of the tailings pond and the waterways in 3 neighboring countries were affected by toxic materials in the water. That left a huge impact in the minds of people, yet I can see the difficult struggle faced by the RM initiative, the resistance. It's a classic case of an underfunded ...

The Romanian Wedding and Brasov/Bran The guidebooks led to believe that it would indeed be a raucous affair. In fact, paraphrasing slightly, I can remember reading that the locals usually drink and dance for two days, the first one ending with people wandering off and collapsing in a field, sleeping off the drink, and waking up early to start the process all over again. Okay, that was a slight exaggeration, but it was still a lot of fun, and what a unique ...

... in every Eastern European country. Fortunately this did not happen to us and the officials we encountered were friendly and Aidan made sure that they left with a least a little smile on their faces. Again another benefit of traveling with kids, not too many people are interested in hassling or scamming families with kids. Once in Romania there was not much snow initially - just grey and leafless valleys. Loads of hens, sheep roaming free, bell shaped haystacks, kids with old ...