Phoenix Arad

... By Dec 25, the dictator, Ceausescu, and his wife, were executed after an unsuccessful attempt to flee the country.

I felt the city could be the poor cousin of Barcelona, because both of them have strangely designed but beautiful buildings, but almost all of them in Timisoara badly need painting and maintenance. They are concentrated around 3 squares in the old town, so a leisurely stroll is the ...

... have. I felt persecuted and oppressed, pushed against the wall.

The train ride was around eleven hours and overnight, so I got up and went in search of another berth. I found a berth inhabited by only an old woman and a young girl. Martin and I moved to that berth and remained there overnight. We communicated some with the girl ...

... at about 5pm and after finding the Pensione (not pre-booked) we drove into the town. Timisoara has some lovely buildings, parks and two main squares. Our favourite building was the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral with its ornate roof and spires. We found a nice outdoor restaurant in the main square, which had old treadle sewing machines as tables, and had a lovely Romanian pork ragout (goulash) with polenta for dinner.

... an o premieră naţională, fiind prima firmă din România care a înregistrat la Madrid o marcă europeană. Marca Guban este astfel protejată pe întreg teritoriul UE. Planurile de dezvoltare cuprind investiţii într-un lanţ de magazine proprii.

ILSA, cartier de lux

Fosta fabrică Industria Lânii (ILSA) este o altă emblemă industrială locală care a dispărut după 1989 ...

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 ...

... We only know how to go. Slowing down is just not an option." What really bums me out (besides waiting to die each time a truck passes within inches) is that we have been on two different highways that are being repaved (with EU support)....but without any sort of shoulder, meaning that all other users must share the 10 foot space with heavy traffic, only the improved surface allows traffic ...

... though, I can find no onward transportation onward to Serbia, though that may have changed by now, as those were dark days then. Belgrade seems little more than a stone’s throw as the crow flies, but that doesn’t do me much good if there are no buses or trains. There are plenty of gypsies here, too, many of them hanging out in front and inside of the train station and generally making nuisances of themselves. It’s time to go back.