Transit Hotel Oradea

... are closed - so it was a quick rush on Sunday afternoon to do at least something touristy in Eger...

And there we come to the Valley of the Beautiful Women. Whilst I must admit, it was a valley (barely), there weren't many women there at all (actually, there weren't many people - hence the title of this post), and there definitely weren't any beautiful ones there! Valley of the Beautiful Women is a horse ...

It is Sunday at everything except the churches are closed. CLuj has several large churches, one of which is broadcasting its sermon into the plaza. 20 people are standing outside, listening to the service while facing the church. Not sure why they don't go in.

I hike to the top of a hill for a great view. Two of the museums ...

... was trying to get to the Romanian border and he stamped his staff on the sheep-grazed grass and firmly said Romania.

It appeared that this lush, green, tree-lined ancient road next to the river which had already given me a place to stay and breakfast would now take me to Romania. I trundled south in blissful green, for 30 or so km. The tax police were hanging out at the geogrphical border and re ...

Our journey starts from the border Austria / Hungary where we meet our friends who departed earlier.

We basically plan to cross through Hungary and sleep in the first city in Romania Oreada.

The first part until Budapest we just go on the motorway and the journey is uneventful until we have to go on the main road. We stop at a restaurant and enjoy a good Hungarian meal and ...

Tuesday 14th we left Budapest and drove across the flat planes of Eastern Hungary into Romania. There was no trouble at the Romanian border and we were all amused to find that we needed to look out for a "good lei" (the currency) as forgeries are quite common. We eventually reached the foothills of some ...

... avea dreptate, era clar un abuz.
Si se pune si suna la presa, si cheama ziaristii si organizeaza conferinta de presa si face copie dupa document la toata lumea, si mai si ameninta ca da in judecata primaria Cluj daca nu primeste autorizatie de constructie.
Dupa o luna vine DNA-ul cu mandat de perchezitie la sediul firmei si in masina lui. Si ce crezi ca gasesc in masina lui? O servieta plina ...

... was too long, and we opted for a nice alongside walk from the outside. After lunch in trattoria del Calicio restaurant, our favourite place in the Capital (?) Lorenzo the Great (our driver), together with Camelia took us to the Airport. Bucarest-Otopeni to Oradea 1 hour on time. At the arrival, Calin and Oscar (Rotary Marghita President) were waiting for us. Fantastic and warm ...

... demonstration of Italian gastronomy. We were a bit disappointed as the served Pasta with something that looked like bolognese with smoked ham instead of beef. Too bad when you know about tampino or Osso bucco, to name a few... The lunch was set in the parc of a future museum of the dark years of Romania, the building was a military equipment base before that ans they had kept had painted ...

... tent. It was a military tent where a banquet was settled. A six heure et demi, on a fait un tour de la place de la mairie. Ce fût l'occasion de rencontrer le maire et l'équipe chargée de la fête des villes jumelées et pauser pour les photos officielles. Nous avons attendu devant la nouvelle bibliothèque, un très beau batiment rose, jusqu'à qu'il soit l'heure de gagner la tente présidentielle. C'était une tente militaire, préparé pour un banquet ...

I did a really stupid thing in Cluj. I got off at the wrong place, just a little over-anxious I guess, but that's what happens when you don’t speak the language well. I wouldn’t speak it at all if it didn’t have significant similarities to the other Romance languages ...