Restaurant-Pensiunea Joker Sighisoara

... gets fewer backpackers and a lot more people coming in to party on the weekend. I have seen this before and should have realized it but got lucky. <br><br>My roommates are Romanian students. We have an interesting discussion on the future of Romania. They feel that corruption is so endemic that it will not change. They ask me where I went to grad school. I tell them Harvard and then I notice one of the guys is wearing a Harvard sweatshirt. Funny.

Woke up a little earlier than planned and I went for a cappuccino in the main square with Vanessa and Emanuele-the two Montreal girls from my dorm. It is so peaceful here even sitting on the city's main square. The guy who runs the hostel says that tourism doesn't pick up until June. I couldn't imagine coming here in the summer as it is already so hot. <br><br>Went to catch my train, and it is always an experience, to say the ...

... I was able to find the station and only had to wait an hour for the next train. Word of the wise: if you know you are going to be taking a return train ride, it's cheaper to buy the return fare than buy each separately. And thankfully the station is quite close to the old town, making that one person's warnings and offer for transportation absolutely ridiculous. Although extremely slow, the train was much more enjoyable of a journey than that maxitaxi!

... research and knew so much more. I needed him around as a personal tour guide I think. I had planned to leave Sighisoara the next morning to go up to northern Romania but I discovered there was a night train that went directly to the town I wanted to go and it meant not having to change trains and spend a day on trains or waiting in train stations. So with some of the information Alan had told me about Sighisoara I went out and explored more and realized there is ...

... hit our driver! He got back into his car and we got past him only for him to spit at Dave. Oh yeah did I mention we didn't have seat belts! All that said we did get to town fine and we saved a few Lei........ Brasov is a great town; it has a happening very chic atmosphere, but is surrounded with mountains and old gothic buildings. The main square is lovely the main shopping street very happening with lots of cool looking bars and restaurants. We found a seat and had a few ...

... foster care back into a bad home environment can increase the damage. 98% of children in the orphanage are gypsy, due to a long history of being outcasts from society, they aren't respected, to such an extent doctors will refuse to treat them; teachers will refuse to teach them, sending them home after being officially 'ticked present' on the register; and employers will not consider them for employment. This is a sad and dangerous situation. Of 22-23 million ...

... have no impression of it). Since the 90's, Romania has become a democracy, with elected presidents, but it still remains a relatively poor country compared to how many of the other eastern european states are doing. Much of it was thankful to some really dumbass politicians who ruled the country into the ground back in the day. Today, Romania is still trying to recover from its past, and it's definitely not a tourist friendly destination in Bucharest as many many blogs have ...

... ca legea proaspat aprobata de Camera Deputatilor este monumental de proasta, fapt... Se cautã suporteri...... Atenþie! Se cautã suporteri! Echipa nu joacã mai nimic, un meci îl câºtigã, 10 le pierde. Ne revenim? Da pe naiba! De ce sã ne amãgim? Lumea e tot mai scârbitã de toatã telenovela ce se întâmplã la Steaua în ultima vreme. Nu mai vin suporterii la meciuri, echipa nu mai e susþinutã, jucãtorii sunt ...

I have been making some great environmental contacts here in Romania. This Peace Corps couchsurfing guy connected me to the Peace Institute and to the Rosia Montana Initiative and the connections from there continue to surface. I learn about the issue with GMOs in Romania, the work being done to green up the schools and, Horatiu, a consultant who was working with the WWF, tells me about a program to protect the bears in Maramures, in northern ...

... shakers and enough pencils to write the Odyssey from an old man, not really because I needed them, but because he needed to sell them. By the time I finished up in Korond it was time for lunch. How could I resist the alluring smells emanating from the Langos trailer? For those who don't know, langos is the equivalent of a coronary on a plate. It is a large donut of fried bread about a foot in diameter that usually comes covered in cheese ...