Sighsoara Sighisoara

... The train I am on is a double decker train. Interesting microcosm of Romania. Farmers with buckets of produce, locals getting groceries from the town nearby … At one point, high school kids get on from a stop that I see nothing but corn fields. They are dressed nicely and all exit at the same stop a few stops away, apparently going to some Saturday evening event. The kids are listening to music on their cell phone that reminds me of Indian music ...

... so rude and annoying I wanted to scream at them. They didn't speak English so I couldn't really express myself the way I would have liked. They would get up for smoke breaks throughout the night, but as they did this they flipped on all the lights. I am on the top bunk and the light is an arm's reach from my face. Then they would hog all the room so there was only a small space for my bag. They would talk loudly throughout the night and ...

... leaving. It was a maxitaxi and it turns out you buy the ticket once you are in the vehicle. I took a seat towards the back which was a big mistake. It took all my efforts not to be sick. Thankfully about an hour into the drive we pulled over (for what I think was a smoke break). One of the passengers left here and his seat was to the front which I gratefully took over. It made the rest of the trip a little easier, although the high speeds and sudden ...

... up and rundown than Brasov. Loads of abandoned buildings. And lots of stray dogs. Or 'community dogs' is the political correct term some people use. I had read that Bucharest, the Romanian capital, had lots of stray dogs but that's not true. They're all over the place in Romania. The dogs tend to hang out in places where humans are, so that means train stations and what not. So sometimes one of the first things you see when you get off the train in Romania is a ...

... Foundation are volunteers, who get financial support for their work from external charities, eg: church, never from the Foundation. This results in very motivated volunteers who really, really want to work there. Lars came to Marghita over a decade ago and saw such terrible things at the orphanages, it was a case of either go to counselling to try to forget it, or do something about it. His work used to be in construction and this is to the great benefit of the ...

... and olden days. I really felt like we were on a tour of history, by starting Turkey and going north. Each place we visited, sort of had a link to the other. Case in point: Romania and its historical landscape was greatly first effected by the Roman Empire (no surprise), but later on, with the rize of the Ottoman empire (Sultans, etc), the people of Romania (mainly comprising of Saxons (many now Germans/Hungarians)) had to protect their land from the Turkish expansion of their ...

... ionala" lui Zapata. Al treilea e peruanul Andres Mendoza, un vîrf de forţă, care a jucat ultima oară în campionatul ucrainean. Steaua a demarat deja formalităţile de obţinere a vizelor pentru cei doi columbieni. Peruanul Mendoza nu va avea nevoie de viză, deoarece are paşaport italian. Cei 3 sînt aşteptaţi la Bucureşti cel mai tîrziu duminic&#259 ...

... born in 1925, with date of death 20(blank, blank). Plinka. Homemade pear or plum brandy. In the subtropics, I'd say it would put hair on your chest. Here, I think the kick of the drink is absorbed into the body, just to keep you warm. No energy from the drink left to put hair on your chest. Any way, my chest isn't getting hairy yet. I'll keep drinking the plinka. Interesting think is, there will be a fully formed, whole pear or plum in a wine bottle. The bottle is ...

... Szekely country has managed to remain steadfast. The entire region functions fully in Hungarian, with Hungarian schools, Hungarian newspapers, even its own Szekely national anthem. And the most amazing part about it is that this area is over 500 km from Hungary! It's not like they're lined up on the border knocking on the door to be let in (like Canadians ;-) They are hundreds of miles away, living and breathing in the most well-maintained ...