| Page Views: 1,959 Last Visit to Romania: October, 1996 | Travel through Romania by melissa_bel - last update: Jul 17, 2004 |
| Horse-drawn carriages are not uncommon on the road |
In 1996, some of my classmates and I got Some of my classmates and I got involved in an exchange programme with the University of Bucharest. The goal was to travel there and come back with enough material to write a magazine about it then sell it to finance the trip of our Romanian counterparts. We organized parties, sold T-shirts and finally, we were all set to go.
We would do a 2-weeks road trip from Brussels to Bucharest. From there, our group split into 3 teams who would be travelling through different regions of the country. I chose Transvylvania. Isabelle, Carole, Christelle, Anne, Pilou and our Romanian guardian-angels Diana, Raluca and Radu were going to to drive through a Grand Tour of Transylvania |
| The Fall Fair in Baia Mare. |
|  | Our itinerary Day 1 :Brussels
Day 2: Budapest,Hungray, early in the morning. the night in Szeged
Day 3: Crossing the border. Arrival in Bucharest around 11 PM
Day 4: Bucharest
Day 5: Start of road trip, first stop... Timisoara
Day 6: Visit of Timisoara, spending the night in Arad.
Day 6: On the way to our next destination, we meet Partenie who invites us to his farm. Spending the night at the farm.
Day 7: Simleu Silvaniei
Day 8: Visit of Baia Mare, spending the night in a monastery.
Day 9: Visit of Sapinta and the "Merry Cemetery" as well as the Prison of Sighet, spending the night in Tirgu Mures.
Day 10: Arrival at Sibiu, visit .
Day 11: More visit of Sibiu and the German-speaking villages around. Back on the road to Timisora. We arrive late at night. Radu goes back home.
Day 12: Enjoying Timisora. Diana and Raluca go back to Bucharest. Meeting wiith the rest of the group coming from Bucharest and start the drive.
Day 13: Arrival in late afternoon in Brussels. |
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| Pros: | "It's an "exotic" (in the sense of completely different) destination. It's like stepping back in time. It's a country rich in culture(s), eco-tourists will find lots of unspoiled area, the great Romanian hospitality." | | Cons: | "The roads can be harsh, sometimes the water can go out, fuel shortages happens. But that was in 1996, things have probably changed." |
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nickandchris Mon May 1, 2006 17:30 UTC
Romania is somewhere I would love to visit. Seems like you had a good trip. | craic Thu Jan 6, 2005 16:34 UTC
What a trip. I'm green with envy. | evona Mon Jan 3, 2005 14:38 UTC
Nice page. Happy New Year to you :) | codrutz Sat Dec 25, 2004 20:13 UTC
Thanks for checking and rating my pages :) Things changed in Romania since 1996 and they are changing quickly. Merry Christmas from a fellow VT addict :)) |
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