Blogs from Sibiu, Transilvania, Romania, Europe - page 5

SIBIU, TRANSILVANIA (EUROPE CAPITAL OF CULTURE) Llegando a Sibiu por la madrugada en el midnight train desde Bucharest, aproximadamente 5 hrs. Curiosamente la unica forma de saber cual es la parada es viendo el tiquete y calculando la hora de llegada, no senales, no gritos o anuncios de llegada a alguna ciudad, y poca gente camina por los pasillos del tren....afortunadamente encontre a alguien que salio a fumar, "que curioso" y justo di con que esa era la parada..... Aparentemente Sibiu era el rey de todas las ciudades Saxonas en Transylvania (Brasov, Sighisoara, Targu Mures, Sibiel, etc) sirviendo como capital de toda la actividad cultural en Rumania y con Luxemburgo en Europa. El centro de la ciudad tiene tres plazas lindisimas con edificios en colores pastel, grandes calles de piedra, y 3 magnificas plazas que se ... read more

Although I write this from Hungary, Several days later, Medias is the last town in Romania we visited, so is dated and placed from there. "Do they have running hot water here?" Has become a by-word for the dumb, pointless question. Our route ran to Brasov, then Sibiu via public transport, then piking up a car in sibiu (Cultural Capital of the EU, 2007), we made our way to Sighishoara, then to Suceava, then Bistritsa, then back to Sighisoara, Sibiu and Medias, to drop the car off and pick up a train to Budapest. As you can imagine, every town was beautiful. special Kudos must go to sibiu (lots of old buildings with pretty coloured rooves), and to Sighisoara, which looked exactly like a picture postcard, only bigger. Really. It looked more like fairy land. ... read more