Libra Hotel Sibiu

... was providing some insight. Eg, toilet paper was frequently not supplied since people would take the entire roll home, lights in churches are not turned on to save money, while constructing his home builders were not placing wallboard on the studs to save material. <br><br>One of the unfortunate situations with the wide bifurcation of income is that begging is very common. <br><br><br>We ride off to Sighisoara for the night, another 150 km. We have the cheese for dinner.<br><br><br><br><br>

Sibiu is a delightful city, small - about 250 000 people, but ready to make your staying one of the best in Romania.<br>The city, on its German name Hermannstadt, was founded in the 12 century and in 2007 was Cultural European Capital.<br>The Bruckenthal Palace in the Big Plaza, today an art museum and the Evangelic Cathedral are worth a 2-3 hour visit. <br>Also, climbing all the way up in the Council Tower , the 12 century gate of SIbiu, let us see the city from above.<br>Great place!

... in a Saxon village called Viscri, but the rainy weather put a damper on our plans to walk around the countryside, so we went to the local church and climbed the clocktower for great views of the surrounding valley. <br><br>The main story here, and in almost everywhere I've been in Romania, is mealtime. We start with a round of cheese and vegetables, right now really delicious local tomatoes. Next, we have a soup, and I ...

... Only here would you also see two strays fighting each other and no one seemed to take notice. It got really nasty at one point and I couldn't watch anymore as it was seriously disturbing. I saw another disturbing sight before I came back to my hostel and it was a small child throwing stones at a cat. I started to yell at the boy "NO, NO", he stopped but mumbled something in a language I didn't understand. I can only imagine what he said! But at ...

... and head scarves. Different from the raggedy ones in Paris and Rome. The people on the train must have thought I was crazy because I was loving this all! I had a huge smile on my face especially when we passed by a house that had all these chickens on their front doorstep! Strange to say, but I find this all to be incredibly beautiful and this is the kind of thing that I was trying to search for. Found it in Transylvania! All of this is ...

... packaged merchandise, lots of it, started coming out from under the seats and a variety of other nooks and crannies. They had a real system. I'm pretty sure the conductors and customs officials were well aware. I was a little dazed by the whole thing and then I was told to move to 2nd class. Christ, I thought I was in 2nd class! If this is 1st class, what must 2nd class be like? I couldn't wait to get to Belgrade. We were over two hours late.

... sharpness. The only thing that threw me off there was the huge amount of elderly japanese tourists. Brasov is a nice medieval city with a beautiful square, hung out there, ate romainian food (polenta and goulash). took a day trip to Sinaia, a place with a gorgeous castle in the Carpathian mountains and ate out on a terrace full of flowers that also had a ski shop, I felt like I was in Aspen. I also FINALLY had success at the ...

Day 51 of travelling and 5700km are gone. I spend a night in the mountains on a lake on the way from Bukarest to Hermannstadt. I went to Siebenbuergen - Transilvanian, to Hermannstadt (Rom. Sibiu) and Kronstadt (Rom. Brasov), each town 1 day. Really nice towns with a special set up. The towns ...

... step through the morass. The mud came up above my shoes sometimes engulfing my leg six inches above the sole. My smaller and lighter traveling companion found the going tough but not impossible. She pushed through with aplomb. Then it happened. I slipped, lunged, and hopped forward. My momentum carried me several feet, yet the mud had sucked my right shoe into its belly. I walked back with my sock as the only barrier to the moist earth and dug my hand in to extract my now ...

... had seen it all. It was a bit of a rip off the price of it, but that is the way it goes. Next stop was Risnov Castle. The book states that it is a ruin, and everyone prefers this castle. Remember though, our book is 8 years old, so now this castle has been restored. It was a pleasant walk up a little mountain to look at it, so we accepted that it had been restored, and walked around it. I actually did enjoy it more than Bran. There was some nice things to see up there, but we had ...