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Gypsy land...
... sightseeing in the city but with one out of the ordinary place, St Michael's Cathedral which is one of the dirtiest places you'll ever step foot in, the main part of the church is quite well kept, as it's used by a lot of the people, but you also have the option of climbing up the tower for 5 lei (€1). For a start you have to walk out and round the church where the guy will unlock a door and let you in before locking it behind you (you ...
Studentenstadt auf leichtfüßig
Nachts um halb 3 rumänische Zeit werden wir warm und herzlich im Transylvania Hostel empfangen und fällen auch gleich ins Bettchen. Dann heisst es ausschalten. Nach einer kurzen Planungseinheit frühstücken wir um 2 kein Frühstück mehr aber nicht minder leckeres essen im "Corso", während es draußen vom Himmel tröpfelt. SobAld wir fertig sind ist uns das Wetter aber zugeneigt und wir schauen uns den ...
Cluj-Napoca
The past two days we spent in Cluj-Napoca was at our first couch surf! Our host was a very kind and fun French teacher named Michael. He had lived in Poland for a while with his girlfriend, and then they both moved to Romania for her work. There was another Romanian girl that came to stay a few nights in Cluj, for a film festival that was going on at the time. ...
Time is money
Perhaps we are romantisying peasant life here in (parts of) eastern Europe. Probably it is hard, and lots of people here would love to trade places with almost anyone in western Europe.
Still, it is at least interesting to see, that time is so abundant here. And it sometimes makes us a bit envious as well.
Going down the hill with your car or moped without gassing, because petrol is more expensive than your time.
Sitting in a ...
S*%t and glory in the Turda Gorge!!!
... our way.
What a dump Romania appeared to be in the first 50 kilometres or so as we drove in through Oradea. A mixture of new and decrepit buildings, derelict power stations and other former industrial buildings. There was litter by the road. The signs were not good!!
But after lunch the whole landscape changed. We slowly started to climb into the mountains. There were beautiful villages and snow ...