Blogs from Brasov, Brasov, Transilvania, Romania, Europe - page 11

So I eat lots of mushrooms in Romania. Because there aren't many vegetarian-friendly dishes. But there are lots of mushroom dishes. I can't complain. I really like mushrooms. Also, I could never live in Romania. There are too many stray dogs and I would just take them home with me. I would be like Ace Ventura Pet Detective, completely surrounded with dirty, smelly, mean dogs. How glorious, haha. Finally, my back is like an aligator's. I'm peeling like crazy. And. Two days ago I was oozing from my back. I think I had little blister things. It was gross, but I sort of secretly thought it was cool. But don't tell anyone: it's a secret. Anyway, we're in Brasov right now. We just arrived today from Sighisoara, which was a rather small town where Dracula was ... read more

Hey there trip voyeurs.......... Yesterday we had an excellent tour of Bucharest, followed by a good dinner al fresco. Thank gooodness the temperature had cooled because it had been in the mid-90s since I arrived!!!!! This morning we were on the bus by 9 AM for our ride to Transylvania. It took almost 4 hours to get here, but it was interesting and informative because we learned a lot about life under Communism and the Gypsies. One finds it amazing that the people's lives here have completely changed in 15 years since the revolution. None of the consumer goods we saw in a rest stop were available......nor were the cars. It truly been aleap into a brave new world for these people. We went past a building which is not on the current tourist route.....the building ... read more

Geo: 45.7544, 25.5542Tonight is our first night of camping and I am not looking forward to it!!... read more

Well, in our trip we have the plans of going in many places that have death risks of epidemic diseases and wars. So, to be safe of all that we decided to take professional advise. Consult someone that has "lived" very very long (hehehe... many hundred years). We new we had a risk contacting this professional... hehehe... many people who did it never came back home... huahuahua. But opposite as you can image our appointment was very pleasant and safe. With just a little entrance annoyance. ... Our journey into Romania started with a night train from Budapest to Brasov. Leaving the station at 6:00 in the evening, crossing (or not) the border at midnight and arriving at... well, I don't know... I guess the train arrived on time in Brasov the next day... but it's ... read more

Voltamos à estação e pegamos o trem para BRASOV (pronuncia-se Bráchov, de novo aquele S com cedilha). A estação fica fora do centro histórico, então percebemos que não conseguiríamos ir a pé até o albergue como gostaríamos. Acabamos topando pegar um táxi que nos cobrou um preço absurdamente alto. Chegando na Kismet Dao Hostel (10 euros), o proprietário, que era um americano de origem coreana, perguntou-nos o preço da corrida e deu um esporro monumental no taxista. Enfim, o dinheiro já era. O albergue era razoável. Os quartos tinham muitos beliches (acho que nosso quarto comportava 10 pessoas) e havia poucos banheiros. Além disso, as meninas da recepção não eram as mais simpáticas. Mas eles davam uma hora de internet grátis em um local ali perto, então fomos até lá para mandar notícias para a família ... read more