Blogs from Romania, Europe
Fête de Véro à Sibiu, en Roumanie (Véro)
Published: April 18th 2012Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Sibiu
April 17th 2012
De Brasov, nous avons repris le train en direction de Sighisoara. Le train était bondé et il n'y avait aucune place pour nos bagages! Il a fallu les mettre dans l'allée étroite et les gens devaient les contourner pour aller aux toilettes... mais ça n'avait pas l'air de les déranger. On partageait notre cabine de train avec 6 autres personnes dont un couple de chefs roumains qui parlaient un peu l'anglais alors on a pu jaser un peu avec eux :) Je pense qu'ils ont bien aimé Nellie, qui leur faisait plein de beaux sourires. Il y avait aussi un petit chien (un yorkshire, comme Cascades ;)) que Nellie regardait souvent :) Et quand le maître du chien s'approchait juste UN PEU de Nellie et lui faisait des ga-ga-gou-gou en roumain, le chien capotait de jalousie ... read more
April 13th 2012
En ce qui a trait à nos bagages, le premier gros défi que je me suis rendu compte qu'on allait avoir souvent est celui d'embarquer dans un train. 2 gros sacs à dos, 2 moyens sacs à dos, Nellie, puis une poussette pliée à transporter dans un petit couloir étroit avec des passagers de chaque côté, c'est pas évident. Je me suis viré de bord après avoir forcé mon passage à travers l'allée, puis j'ai vu un monsieur avec une ''poque'' dans le front, une madame qui se frottait la joue comme si elle venait de recevoir un jab de Lucian Bute, un ado qui était en train de rapiécer ses lunettes, puis une dizaine de personnes qui me regardait d'un air ''mais qu'est ce que tu fous dans mon pays conard?'' Il me semblait avoir ... read more
Début de nos aventures à Bucarest, en Roumanie (Véro)
Published: April 10th 2012Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest
April 10th 2012
C'est avec une grande fatigue que nous sommes arrivés à Bucarest, en Roumanie. (Contrairement à Nellie, qui s'est endormie dès que l'avion a décollé d'Ottawa, et jusqu'à ce que nous atterissions à Londres - un gros 6h!). Il y avait même quelqu'un qui nous attendait à l'aéroport de Bucarest pour nous emmener à notre appartement. Alors tout s'est bien passé et on a pu s'installer facilement dans notre super appartement :) C'est grand et c'est très tranquille... et c'est exactement ce qu'on avait besoin pour se remettre sur pied! Est-ce que c'est joli Bucarest? Disons que ça dépend dans quel coin on est. J'ai bien aimé le quartier historique avec ses rues piétonières en pierres :) Il y avait plein de restaurants avec de belles terrasses, des petites boutiques, une rue avec plein de magasins de ... read more
April 8th 2012
Last day in Brasov. Had a bit of a lie in since our train didn't leave until 9:30pm and we didn't have to check out till midday. So we walked to the train station to get out sleeper train tickets. It was 270 Lei each for a 3 person sleeper carriage to Budapest. So about £50 each. Then we just wandered around Brasov. We went to the mall near the train station, which was pretty boring I must say, though there was a supermarket in the basement. We walked into the main pedistrian area to go to the black church and there was a food market there. We ended up going to a restaurant for lunch which served pizza and were showing Steve Irwin on TV which was a bit strange. It was more expensive though ... read more
April 6th 2012
Wake up refreshed, and the hostel had cereal for breakfast so we went and helped ourselves. I always find it strange to drink milk out of a carton that is stored in a cupboard...just seems wrong. We were booked on a tour to see Bran Castle, Rasnov and Sinaia and our taxi arrived at around 9:30 to take us and an aussie boy Jacob around to the sites (80Lei each). Our first stop was Sinaia. Now it was Good Friday for us but not in Romanian so there were lots of school kids visiting everywhere. AT Sinaia it was mainly teenagers. We hiked up the hill and Sinaia was beautiful!. We paid 20Lei to go on a tour, but you aren't allowed to take photos. They have someone join your tour who is in non descript ... read more
April 5th 2012
So Rachel and I got up at 5:45am to head to Heathrow airport for our 820am flight. Had breakfast at the airport and then got served the same breakfast on the flight, which Rachel woke me up for so I started the trip grumpy. No problems at immigration both entering on our NZ passports - no need for a visa Now we wanted to go to Brasov. So we asked at information but because my Romanian accent is shit they didn't know where we wanted to go (its pronounced Brashov sort of) so they said get the bus downstairs to the main train station. We bought tickets (around 30 Lie each) and the driver kindly helped us validated them. Which was fortunate because 3 stops later a ticket inspector got on. We were fine but there ... read more
Romania, and other odd moments
Published: April 3rd 2012Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Brasov » Brasov
April 3rd 2012
Well it's been a few weeks since I updated this, and mercifully, Robbie's much better at uploading Fotos than I am, so now I've got about a million pictures to pull on for this update. Anyways, the past few weeks have been idly spent in Belgium, which is mercifully less interesting, and therefore less taxing on my writing skills. Short answer? I wrote a paper, and slept in sunlight for a weeks, it's been pretty good. So after Bulgaria, what happened (I know you're all keen to ? Well: Welcome to Romania! Say goodbye to your passport! Romania and Bulgaria rest outside the Schengen zone, and are accorded a special status in the EU slightly higher than "leper" but this meant we had to actually get our passes stamped when we crossed the Danube by train. ... read more
March 27th 2012
What is the tragedy and triumph! Of the next great place Visit and find out for yourself, secret muses behind greatest myths... ...possibilities lie within combinations of facts and fiction This fusion experience is not new But ones’ visitation in beauty and sophistication Styling originality will go beyond expectations Uniquely applies to one location... ...Romania! If any one place could steal your heart Then that’s a brilliant investment in travel Fill with social graces For ones enjoying the sporting life Attainable satisfaction shall be found on this newest wonder of the World’... Romania! Reversing into the future One visitor at a time... ...more importantly... ...join the millions of individuals whom’ shared said destination Without any misadventure’ with person in black The unfortunate son! Some claim is behind all... read more
March 16th 2012
The hotel was so little. It only had 4 rooms. We had this bread that was so good with cinammon. We went to a park with old houses and played house. We ate in the hunting room of Dracula's Restaurant. - Sofia It was time to leave the medieval towns of Transylvania and Dracula and get back to Bucharest to catch our flight the next day. As we had not spent anytime in the city on our arrival, daddy thought it would be a good idea to get there early to have at least 1/2 day in the capital. So after a few hour drive from Hotel Dracula in Capatatenii near Dracula's real castle, we arrived in Bucharest. We stayed at a very cute hostel/Bed and Breakfast called Vila Gabriela in Otopeni less than 2 km ... read more
Curtea de Argess, Romamia
Published: March 30th 2012Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Arges » CURTEA DE ARGES
March 14th 2012
We went to a hotel. We went up more than a thousand steps to go to Dracula's real castle. I was a little scared. Vlad Tepes is not Dracula. He does not bite people on the neck. He is a hero in Romania because he saw mean people and put a stake up their butt. - Sofia After 2 really fun days in Sibiu it was time to go see Dracula's Real Castle. By this time in the trip I really began to understand that difference between Dracula and Vlad Tepes. I learned that Dracula from the movie (book) was a vampire who sucked blood and was not real. However, he was based on Vlad Tepes whose father was nick named Dracul and he had the nick name of Draculea. Daddy told me that he learned ... read more
