The Ardealul Hotel Arad

Timisoara is not a city that I couldn't wait to visit, but on the other hand, it is not a bad place to travel to either. I went there because it was the only Romanian city I could go to from Belgrade, and my first impression of it wasn’t a good one. My train arrived late, by 10 at night I walked into a dilapidated and dirty station, filled with gypsy baggers and a few suspicious looking men pushing their ...

... and her [very old] grandmother, shared food with them, and felt much better about trying to sleep.

The train was a bit chilly as the night wore on, but then the heat was turned on. After this, sleep truly was impossible as hot air emanated from the old vinyl seats.

Sighetu to Arad: one 2nd class ticket (11+hrs) - 61.90 lei

... his moments and so when he said turn right and board ferry we saw the funny side. We decided the bridge would be the faster option. We travelled through some rustic towns and past large flat field with crops of corn, barley and lucerne. We arrived at the border and paid the compulsory Romanian Road Tax of 9 Euro for a month and then passed through the Romanian checkpoint without too much delay. We arrived at ...

... ii comerciale.”, spune Maria Grapini, directorul de la Pasmatex.
În paralel, fabrica din Timişoara se va vinde şi va fi mutată în afara ora şului, după Calea Torontalului. „Am luat decizia cu câţiva ani în urmă, din păcate, lucrurile merg greu, am cumpă rat pământul acum doi ani, proiectul e gata şi sperăm că acest an, sa primim avizul de construcţie”.
Maria ...

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 ...

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THESE #@*%$ TRUCKS ON THESE #@*%$ ROADS. We have tried everything. Larger highways hoping for wider shoulders, smaller highways hoping for less truck traffic, unnamed country roads that will loosen your fillings (but may save your life). But we can't seem to get a break (or a BRAKE) from the truck traffic here. Actually, traffic in general is MUCH worse in Romania than ...

The train from Brasov to Timisora passes through Sibiu, which is notable since otherwise Sibiu is a bit awkward to reach, so a good tourist route. Of course I didn't know anything about Sibiu, so didn’t want to cancel my ticket just to explore, but YOU might want to. Timisoara is one of the country’s largest cities, and borders the Slavic countries also, so shows some of that influence, with exotic Turkish-looking churches. Try as I may ...