Lotus Hotel Arad

... services. Luckily things became much better after this and I did have a good time while I was there.

The city does have a proud history. For one thing, it is the first city in Europe to have electric street lights (back then it was part of Austro-Hungarian Empire), and most recently, in Dec 18, 1989, its citizens started the revolution against the communist regime, and it spread like wildfire all over the ...

... and her [very old] grandmother, shared food with them, and felt much better about trying to sleep.

The train was a bit chilly as the night wore on, but then the heat was turned on. After this, sleep truly was impossible as hot air emanated from the old vinyl seats.

Sighetu to Arad: one 2nd class ticket (11+hrs) - 61.90 lei

5th June
Kiskassa (Hungary) to Timisoura (Romania)
Cold, Cloudy 10 degrees am
Cloudy periods fine 22 degrees pm

As it dawned foggy, drizzly and cold we decided to cut our farm stay short and head to Romania. We had already seen Pecs, and with nothing more to see at the farm felt it would be an uncomfortable (cold) wasted day. The drive to Romania was relatively easy except that we forgot that "GPS guy ...

... nlocuită cu investiţii imobiliare, fie prin mutarea producţiei, fie prin lichidare.

De ani de zile au oferte

„De ani de zile suntem constant contactaţi de dezvoltatori imobiliari care ne-au făcut oferte de cumpărare pentru spaţiul de aici”, declară Gheorghe Petru, managerul G.P. Company.
La începutul săptămânii managementul companiei a făcut publică intenţia de a ...

Im in Timisoara the second city in World to start using street lights ..... take a guess at the year?.................. I dont know either . late 1800's. What a true wonderful experience the last 24 hours. I have been staying with a Romanian , Dana. She speaks perfect English and cooks even better. She has made me traditional dishes : rice and pork wrapped in grape leaves topped with yogurt and dill 2) spinach sauce with two eggs ...

Nos despedimos de Belgrado para volver a Timisoara y desde allí coger el avión de vuelta a Valencia. Tras la huella del Danubio: El sol se oculta detrás de los frondosos bosques rumanos, el tren silba, los raíles chirrían y dejamos algo más que nuestra estancia en Belgrado. Cada regreso es una armónica melancólica, cada vuelta a casa es una nube de nostalgia. La imagen de la capital serbia al cerrar los ojos. Al acabar un viaje se empieza uno en la antesala del subconsciente.

Llegamos sobre las 3 de la madrugada al aeropuerto de Timisoara. Allí cogemos un taxi para ir a la estación de tren, donde tenemos que coger el tren hacia Belgrado. Después de los 17 euros que nos sabla el taxista, cambiamos algo de dinero rumano (RON) para poder comprar los billetes. Esperamos dos horas en el hall de la estación con algunos indigentes rumanos. A las 6 de la madrugada sale nuestro tren.

We spent a typical European day in the university border town of Timisoara. The town square is absolutely beautiful - one of the nicest we have seen. The opera house is showing My Fair Lady in a few days, and I am so sad we won´t be able to see it! The 1989 revolution started here, and you can still feel a bit of the revolutionary spirit walking through the town. After a yummy lunch in the square, we took a self-guided walking tour to see the famous buildings ...

... about anywhere else we have been. Even the small cities are clogged with fumy traffic jams. Not only is the truck volume staggering, but the number of personal vehicles is surprising. Interestingly, the latter seem somewhat even split between ancients beaters and luxury cars. Even personal vehicles are pretty aggro, a notch above the usual European maniac. One guy we met put it this way ...

The train from Brasov to Timisora passes through Sibiu, which is notable since otherwise Sibiu is a bit awkward to reach, so a good tourist route. Of course I didn't know anything about Sibiu, so didn’t want to cancel my ticket just to explore, but YOU might want to. Timisoara is one of the country’s largest cities, and borders the Slavic countries also, so shows some of that influence, with exotic Turkish-looking churches. Try as I may ...