Rex Sighisoara

I went to stay at some friends' in Romania for summer '09 they planned a trip to a medieval festival in Sighisoara which was 8hrs away by train from Bucharest where we were originally staying. It was worth it. Even though when we got there we had no clue where we were staying, but somehow things worked out. I highly ...

... on the Romanian railway. The trains look like if they were cleaned up, they could be in a museum! I wish I was on a train that you could either roll down the windows, or if they were clean. There are so many rural living pictures that I would have liked to have taken. You will see old ladies walking amongst chickens and cows on the street's dirt roads, carts being driven by a horse but leading a cow and women busy washing ...

I arrived to Sighisoara at 11 in the morning.This place was small enough to visit in a day so i considered leaving my luggage in the locker room, spending the whole day in the city and taking the night train to Budapest. I could have done it but after a short walk outside,i changed my mind.This place was georgeous. I trusted Lonely Planet and went to Nathan`s Villa.It is two hundred meters left of train station,right next to Ellen`s which is another ...

... to it than just being the 'birthplace of Vlad Tepes.' Yes it could still use a few fresh coats of paint and some of the abandoned buildings could be either torn down or completed (it was difficult to tell if some buildings were meant to be knocked down or were waiting to be finished as they seemed to be left in limbo) but it adds to the character I think. Besides Romania is probably the first country that feels and looks like I expected Eastern Europe to look like.

... beers after looking around. We then got a rather more boring taxi ride home. The English couple we were camping next to, were and older couple who had a few good stories to tell and we chatted to them about there travels and got a few ideas of places to go, including a mountain drive we would do the next day. I also got to swap some books!!! I may be excited but this was the first in a long time, and I got the other Boylen girl which made me very excited. miles so far: 7144

... in Romania, 10% are gypsy. The Elim Foundation relies heavily on donations. In the evening we went to the Town Hall and met in the new Chamber. In the presence of the Mayor and members of the Marghita Club, GSE gave a presentation. Mike's addition I was very privileged in the afternoon. I accompanied my host Calin to a small celebatory do - this morning a baby was delivered and we celebrated with the father, grandfather, 2 gynaecologists, paediatrician and the anaesthetist (Calin)

... We simply wouldn't know because we skipped it... CASA ROZELOR - 3 Apt Pension When we got to our apartment/hotel and were nicely greeted by one of the owners. She immediately showed us our room and pointed us in some local restaurants (I was dying for some more familiar food)... First off, our room... one word to say how it is: AWESOME! It wasn't a room, but a studio apartment, full with a little sitting area, a kitchen and a kitchen table, as well as a balcony. This place was ...

... ce în ce mai derutaþi, nu m [...] ªi de fricã Ambiþie? Dãruire? Curaj? Dezmorþealã? Poate cã da, poate cã ºi astea i-au fãcut pe jucãtori sã câºtige cu Dinamo, pentru cã de mult timp nu am mai vãzut o Steaua care sã joace cu aºa dãruire cum a fãcut-o sâmbãtã. Dar de fricã, ce ziceþi? Mie unul nu mi se pare cã steliºtii au jucat doar pentru iubirea lor pentru Steaua ci mai mult pentru a-ºi salva fundurile, care ...

... He also tells me about Arnica and how its grows wild in Romania and the efforts to maintain the traditional farming methods that allow it to flourish at the same time increasing the profit to the growers rather than the middle people handling the distribution. All of this is fascinating to me...who would've thought, an arnica protection program...but over and over I hear about Rosia Montana and I meet with local activists to learn as much about it ...

... sour cream and in most cases both. There is an art to cooking langos, just a minute too long and it's no good, and this trailer langos was bordering on the well done. I ate it anyway. Then I was off on my road trip through Szekely country. I drove through beautiful mountains and valleys until I hit my end destination, the Red Lake, which bears a much more ominous name in Hungarian: Gyilkosto, or the Killer Lake, named for the various legends ...