Sarmis Transylvania

... in reverse. It was a nice gesture but I would have rather eaten my toe nail clippings for dinner. <br> Brasov and everywhere north is in the Transylvania region, known for the Carpathian Mountains, quiet villages and of course, Dracula. The big draw in Transylvania is Bran Castle, the supposed home of Vlad Temples (Dracula) for a brief time. Everyone I spoke with said that the more authentic castle was Peles, as Bran was home to Dracula t ...

With all due respect to Rick Steves, you have not truly experienced Europe through the back door until you have bike toured here. Not only does bike travel show us in through back doors, it takes us across back roads, through backwater villages, and sometimes require back-tracking. I wanted to share some images from Romania and Bulgaria that may illustrate why we have enjoyed bike touring so much.

... but after a partially sleepless overnight journey I just crashed. Adrian picked me up at the train station at around 11 and took me back to his flat. I hung out with his friend Christina that day and we had a blast. We went walking around Cluj and to the incredible botanical gardens. Christina is a photographer and she took lots of amazing pictures of our journeys that day. That evening was a lot of fun also! Adrian got together ...

... wife Sidonia. They assemble by hand the leather upper for a range of Italian branded leather shoes. They explained the complexities of changing orders, the importance of quality, and the flexibility needed to compete with the likes of China. In the evening we were invited to the country home of Ocsi, the owner of Restaurant Margarita in town. We were treated to a wonderful evening of home made meats, soups, drinks, and pickles. A great evening ending ...

Day 2 - Mike Cannon A democratic decision was taken by the team leader that responsibility for the daily entries on this blog would rotate around the team - so far LHR and Day 1 was Adrian's handiwork, day 2 is mine - Mike. I am staying with Laszlo Fulop and his wife Lucia and Lucia's eighteen year old son Andre. Laszlo runs a large hotel in the centre of St George and also has a smaller pension and ...

Acest post este facut pentru toti stelistii, pentru cei care rosu si albastru nu reprezinta doar 2 culori banale, pentru cei care Ghencea inseamna o a doua famile, familia Steaua. Indiferent de rezultate, indiferent de divizia in care joaca, indiferent de conducere sufletul meu este neconditionat alaturi de Steaua. Sange ros-albastru pentru totdeauna !! ... Dec 24 Steaua l-a transferat pe Habib Habibou, de la ...

... aduºi pânã acum, însã parcã mai entuziast pare de revenirile, de dupã o foarte mare periaodã, ale lui Mirel Rãdoi, Sorin Ghionea ºi Mihãiþã Pleºan, pe care le considerã niºe veritabile transferuri. Mendoza a semnat! Peruanul in varsta de 29 de ani va efectua vizita medicala in dimineata zilei de luni si va fi prezentat ...

... days had more people coming in and trying to use knitted goods as money. The couple thought that they would be able to sell these goods in Germany and help the local women bring in an income. With that, the Association of Women from Viscri was born. Now, along with the goods shipped to Germany to sell, there is a store of handicrafts in town and ladies who set up benches along the street to sell their ...

... but of course, who really knew. I had to pay for the car up front in cash, including a 300 euro deposit, which I would supposedly get back. Since I am American and always carry around 300 euros cash (NOT), we negotiated a lengthy transaction of dollars, euros, and lei, I signed my life over to the Romanian mob, and I was on my way. I hopped in the low-rider and took off, reggaeton pumping, 2 rosaries and a tannenbaum air freshener ...

... without a bottle of wine or non descript spirit. The roads are unbelievably quiet and the surface is perfectly adequate for touring. I don't have to take detours to avoid the busy roads as in the countryside there aren't any busy roads. I do have one big gripe though. I can on longer find porridge here. This brings me onto the complex subject of 'Where you buy the same item in different countries'. For example ...