Blogs from Sibiu, Sibiu, Transilvania, Romania, Europe - page 2

On July 21st continued on our adventure across Hungary to Romania, still very hot, still very humid but we are all comfortable easy roads throughout Hungary. It should have been roughly a 4 1/2 hr drive to our first nights stop. We could probably made it further but we don't know what the roads are like in Romania I had read that there was a lot of construction and don't really want to chance it in the dark. As it turns out we were delayed at the boarder for over 45 minutes, not sure why, no reason given, which we have to accept and carry on. But did notice at the boarder there was a Canadian flag, which I thought odd to see. Oradea's building is a mix of Communist era boring block apartment style building, ... read more

Oh Wunder, in der Nacht kein Regen zu hören. Am Morgen sogar blass-blauer Himmel. Nach einem Frühstück mit zwei österreichischen MR Kollegen (der eine arbeitet in Meggenhofen, das ist ein Ort, an dem meine Mutter unzählige Male war), schlich ich auf einer gemütlichen Landstraße Richtung Sibiu. Die Landwirtschaft in Rumänien ist ja nicht sehr gut im Schuß - alles bio!! Die Felder voller Unkraut, große Flächen, die nur extensiv genutzt werden und durch Schafherden abgeweidet werden (aber die Flächen fangen schon an, zu verbuschen), sumpfige Flächen, alles da. Die Wiesen haben noch viele Blumen, mobile Imker sind mit ihren Bienenstöcken unterwegs, in den sumpfigen Stellen sind die Störche auf Suche nach Nahrung für ihren Nachwuchs. Die Storchennester sind riesig, seitlich haben sich kleinere Vögel Nester angelegt: wenn da schon jemand so viel Reisig herschleppt, dann muss ... read more

There are plenty of summer holiday destinations to choose from and tourists are spoiled for choice. However, for history and culture-lovers and those of you who love to go sightseeing, Transylvania is without a shadow of a doubt, one of the top summer destinations! My boyfriend and I decided on the spur of the moment to go on a city break and picked some of the most renowned places in Transylvania and went ahead and booked a night at Ibis Hotel in Sibiu and a second one at a small, lovely pension - Citadela Pension in Sighisoara. To our delight, the pictures of the pension posted on the website heralded not only an impressive interior design of the pension, but also the atmosphere and the feel of the 1820s. Indeed the owner went to great lengths ... read more

Yesterday the heat of the day lasted well into the night and we woke this morning to the temperature already in the high twenties with the prospect under the clear,sunny skies for the temperature to top 35C.With that in mind we decided on an early walk around the old town area of Sibiu and be home before the heat overcomes us. The big kitchen that we have all to ourselves is very well equipped and we were able to go the whole hog with breakfast with just the bacon missing. The old city is about 3km away and we would normally walk that distance if there was no bus.There is a bus available but the owner of the pension doesn't speak any English and getting the information on bus number,how to buy tickets etc might just ... read more

Un oras interesant, cu o zona pietonala ok. am stat la hotel Silva (250 lei, aprox 60 Euro) Hotelul are 3 stele si le merita din plin. Singurul dezavantaj (minor) a fost lipsa aerului conditionat.... read more