Hotel Garden Club Brasov

... map before heading to the cable car for the ride to the top of the hill for a lovely view of the town. Back in the town we walked beside the town wall and then to some churches we’d seen from the hill. We then walked back through town and back to the guesthouse. The guesthouse has a common lounge and kitchen area so we decided to use the kitchen to cook some pasta for dinner.

... out how to get there. I decided that the best bet was just to make it to the old town so I asked for directions on how to get there by bus. I don't know how I found the stop but I did and then started walking up through the old town. WOW! It's stunning. I highly recommend a visit here to anyway that is in the area. I strolled up (more like limped - my blisters were bad) the main road before reached a large Piata. Fortunately I saw a police officer and ...

... It was a farce and made for a very entertaining evening. The two men from France were father and son and the son could speak basic English, which was far better than the no French I speak and the less than basic French the other Canadian knew. But as with any language barrier, you find ways to communicate. Plus its amazing how much little bits of French I have picked up just through osmosis. I guess staring at the cereal box every morning as a kid has helped a little bit ...

... kesti viela kauemmin, mutta kolmen aikaan viimein lahdin rankaisemaan itseani kiipeamalla sen Brasov-kyltin luo. Kavely kestaa noin tunnin mutkittelevaa polkua pitkin, mutta onhan se nakoala ihan sen arvoinen. Sinnehan menee toki hissikin, mutta eihan kovat jatkat sellaisia kayta. Hetken ihmettelyn ja istuskelun jalkeen lahdin takaisin alas ja hostellille. Talla kertaa en onneksi eksynyt kellarin puolelle vaan menin maailman tylsimman futismatsin jalkeen kiltisti nukkumaan.

... instrument only needs to be closed 'just so'... then failing four consecutive times to close it. Yes, that was the front door. In the hostel that doesn't turn on the heating til 5pm. Just so we are all clear. At least it let the smell of Team Dreadlocks escape. We have a little under two weeks in Europe, so we made some strategic decisions at this stop. We need to know where we'll be for New Years Eve (guess what happens to room rates and availability then ...

... well. I tested out my few romanian words on her and she laughed at my weak attempt. NoRoc is the word for good luck. She said i was saying No Rock. Then she said it, but i still heard No Rock. She said, no.. its No Rock. I said.. No Rock. She said no, its No Rock. I guess Im not getting the subtleties of the accent. Then we spent the last hour playing cards and chatting. Bianca came back in and sat in my lap. Rebecca, the other volunteer on shift, was playing as well and ...

... cause according to her i had no choice in the matter, lol. There was a festival going on in the village, and about 100 men dressed in various tradional dress geared up on horses and marched through the streets into the mountains, where about 7-8000 people marched up to to have a picnic and partake in various festivities. It was really interesting cause unlike most festivals, which are always packed ...

... unless I know I can win!) Before we knew it, it was 5:30 AM, the sun was coming up, and I had taken him for all he had, and then some! That included winning back the 10 lei I had lost to him on my own made up game of "What Time Is It?", which involves guessing the time without looking at the clock and the closest one wins, Price-is-Right rules. (Heck, it was a freebie. But I figured he needed it ;-) So, with him 40 lei in the hole (that's new lei, roughly $18), we called it a ...

... it became very difficult to leave the hostel and even to remember that we were in Dracula and not Kangaroo country. On our second day, Brad and I paid for a shy young Romanian man to drive us to some villages and sites in the county, along with a young smoochy Spanish couple. As we drove further into thel countryside towards Rasnov Fortress we began to overtake horse and carts with Authentic peasants in head scarves and the kind of skirts you can buy at Top Shop this year (not ...

Brasov is where all the tourists go in Romania, in the heart of Transylvania, Dracula country. So I spend a day doing that, walking through the old castle and all. But the real attraction for me was just seeing a country in the heart of Europe that is still village-based and peasant-based, with lots of arts and crafts ...