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... and too many tourists with video cameras. The following day Dan and I headed to the Peles Castle, just south of Brasov in the mountainous ski town of Sinia. We got off the train and wandered around until we entered the the unmistakable gates to the castle. We took the guided tour and learned a little bit about the Romanian monarchy. The castle was about 130 years old, young for a "castle," but each of the 160 rooms were immaculately ...

... and amongst themselves. <br><br>We discuss the economics of the hostel. Roughly, she pulls in $1,000/mo in revenue. $600/mo pays her rental costs. She has another $100/mo in utilities. It is enough to pay her bills and in Romania, she is doing pretty well. The extra $ comes in from tours and she freelances as a limo driver for one of the big hotels. She had a 3 AM airport pickup later this evening. She works really hard.

Before I leave the hostel, I get my laundry back. It has been 24 hours and the laundry is folded but is very wet. I am guessing that they had it had been drying outside when the rain hit last night. Yuck!<br><br>I am crossing the mountains to get to the Northeast section of Romania, apparently an uncommon path. There is only one mini-bus per day. The availability of such buses is difficult to ascertain until one is actually at the departing location. The hostel is able to ...

I wake at 4:30 for my train to Sighetu Marmatiei, the main town of the NW region of Romania, Maramures. I had packed a couple of yogurts which hits the spot and the coffee machine at the station actually is not bad. <br><br>Foggy as the sun just begins to emerge, a perfect backdrop for a train ride through Transylvania.<br><br>Train gets significantly colder as we head North and higher in altitude. I put on my down on top of my fleece. The trees are further along in ...

It is Sunday at everything except the churches are closed. CLuj has several large churches, one of which is broadcasting its sermon into the plaza. 20 people are standing outside, listening to the service while facing the church. Not sure why they don't go in. <br><br>I hike to the top of a hill for a great view. Two of the museums ...

Located out of town, but close to the economic area of the city, BLACK TULIP, a four stars hotel, represents the perfect destination for those wishing to rest. I have appreciated the room atmosphere, the quality of the services...and the high degree of refinement of the cuisine.<br>

Sibiu to Sighisoara. We took a secondary road. No construction, just horses and buggies. Sighisoara is really cute. It has a terrific 14th century clock tower, and is one of the few fully inhabited UNESCO world heritage sites. It is also the birthplace of Vlad Tepes. Walking through the houses in Sighisoara gave us our first indication of the colorful way rural Romanians paint the exteriors of their houses ...

... We had assigned seating but nobody pays attention to that as long as you get on the correct car you can pretty much sit anywhere. All was fine until this couple came on and INSISTED that they get their assigned seats. Threw us all into a bit of turmoil. It was musical chairs after that. I went and sat with them since noone else was inclined and offered them a dried apricot as my international peace offering. It ...

... a candle in the pitch black, and she walks slowly around the walls of the small room illuminating scenes of Dracula and his minions and victims, who all happen to be buxom babes. You can just forget about anything you ever read from Anne Rice! Will I spoil it terribly if I tell you what happens at the end? I am sure you can guess that at a certain point in her story she invites us to look into the coffin, and a costumed Dracula sits up and she douses the candle ...