Romania Transylvania Adventures
Get a train to Romania to see haunted castles, werewolves, and vampires. You will have to get your passport checked when you go through the border. Sighisoara is in Transylvania is a medieval town without a tourist infrastructure, but there are a few hotels and homes to stay in. The hotels will cost about thirteen bucks a night for a lovely room. Ten years ago a Romania could be thrown in jail for talking to a foreigner. But those days are over now and the people of romania are very friendly. Sighisoara was built in the fourteenth century and has been preserved well. At the markets there is a lot on offer. The most popular dish in romania is tripe soup, or cow stomach soup.
The natural preserved beauty of the medieval surrounding can curdle your blood. The real Dracula was the king of the area and the germans made up stories as propaganda. The Fagaras mountains cut across the center of romania. It is remote and you need to plan in advance. There are hardly any cars or lorries in the area so you have to travel in whatever comes along. The villages are where the shephers live when they come down from the mountains. Hospitality means you have to have a drink with your host. The shepherds play their flutes and in remote villages you might be the main attraction. IN winter the mountains are covered in snow so you might have to go in summer. The trekking is fabulous and there are cabins along the routes in the mountains.
If you are going on a mountain trek, it could be dangerous so tell someone where you are going. MOst hiking routes are well marked so be in good physical condition. You will be above the clouds looking down on the whole of romania. There are heaps of lakes as well. You can get a taxi to the town of Bisrita to go to the gypsy festival. The gypsy call themselves the roma. Gypsies come from India originally. Every year the gypsies come to the church of saint gregory in bisrita to make their offerings. Every pilgrim has to kiss the tomb of saint gregory and climb under it three times.
At a market you can get anything you like, even gamble. Buy a flag. The roma people have got a bad reputation. But the gypsies are consummate artists.
They love to sing and dance. Romania's gypsies have suffered oppression but have fiercely held on to their culture.
The capital of Romania is Bucharest. Two million live in Bucharest. founded by a legendary shepherd called bucha. There are strong Turkish influences in Bucharest because it is close to Turkey. The palace of the people is known as the folly of Ceaucescu. Three stories are underground and is the third largest building in the world and is not even finished. You can visit the grave of nicolai Ceaucescu in the cemetery.
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