Tirol Poiana Brasov

... nd * consider*ble he*d*che.

I'd once *g*in poisoned myself with the loc*ls *nd thus the next couple of d*ys were tough going. I kept to the b*ck ro*ds where I h*d only horses *nd c*rts to sh*re the stones *nd dust with.

When I hit t*rm*c *g*in I w*s ne*rly b*ck in the mount*ins. The thought occurred to me th*t I h*dn't yet been r*ined on *nd then over the next 45 mins *s if I'd *ccident*lly done * r*in d*nce, * storm brewed *nd rele ...

... Dracula-esque sorts of things from mugs with dripping, bloody fangs to a multitude of T-shirts depicting a images in a range from informative to gory. Inside the castle there was an information board discussing the life of the Castle, from the person who built it and all who lived in it. Except one (glaring?) omission. There was not one word about Dracula. The castle had been decorated elaborately at one time, even for tourists. There were display cabinets to show off the ...

... was available to someone average willing to work. So I'll be thinking of the feasts I've missed this Thursday, but thankful I've had the opportunity to travel and get a new perspective. I haven't quite figured out what it is yet, so don't place bets for me returning in the next few weeks. Have passport, have credit card, will travel. Good eating to you all. With love, Nancy

... of all...but lots lots lots of meat.... There's an open bar...hard liquor, wine, soda, anything one could want. I'm told that you can drink all you want as long as you eat lots of meat with it and then you never get drunk. I'm feeling shockingly fortunate to have stumbled into this opulence. And then the entertainment...Romanian folk dancers, singers....check out the videos...everybody dancing, singing...then on to the rock band...complete with ...

... that lucky? The balcony looks down over the Champs Elysee. Ceaucescu had planned to build an enormous statue of himself at the end of it so that he could sit on the balcony and stare at that which he loved most. They do use the building today. Parliament is held in a couple of the big rooms and and all of the government departments run out of there. Things could have been very different in Bucharest though. Around 10 years ago our ex aussie Robert Murdoch made an ...

... being a special bus on the front. We asked if he was going to Brasov and he said yes so we jumped on. He wouldnt take any money though. They're pretty anal about having a ticket normally, if they find you on a bus without a ticket they fine you about US$50. I guess the driver was in a good mood. I headed out to the Carrefour supermarket in the afternoon to hunt down some warm clothes and some other bits and pieces. I guess Romanians dont really like ...

... my ankle and bruising the small of my back on another rock. Fortunately the damage was slight and the swelling that came up in the evening was gone by the time I rode out of Bucharest, but at the moment I slipped and knew what I'd done about nineteen different scenarios played out in full in my imagination, none of them good. To be safe I stayed in that night and drank beer with a friendly mancunian in the hostel bar. I'm sure I read somewhere that alcohol is good for injuries.

... svona naestum) a medan Brasov liggur undir heidgraenu storu fjalli. Reynsla okkar af Rumeniu fer reyndar half illa af stad thar sem vid vorum aftur tekin illa i leigubilnum! Vid gerdum thau mistok ad taka omerktan leigubil sem endadi a thvi ad rukka okkur um uppsett verd a MANN! Hann vissi greinilega alveg hvad hann var ad gera thvi um leid og eg aetladi ad motmaela var hann horfinn a braut.. Hostelid sem vid erum a er mjog ...

... supposed to be on, and we didnt know if our luggage was actually with us...then there was the throbbing threesome...we were on the back of the bus where there are four seats across, so we were in two, and there where (we are guessing 17 years of age) three beautiful turkish boys near us (if only they were odler...). At the beggining of the bus ride we joked about how they were beautiful homosexuals and giggled and made jokes. Next thing you know I opened my eyes from the ...

... show for it. Brasov itself is nice, too, with lots of tourists and services to service them. I'm not the only one who’s noticed its Latin connections. There are even Andean musicians there, playing for tips and selling CD’s. Rooms are so scarce that one lady hangs out at the bus and train station ...