Category Archives: Romania

We were pretty excited this morning when we awoke as we were picking up a car and going for a little road trip into Transylvania, Romania. After the usual annoying rental car pick up routine we were off! Not that fast though as we are in a little 1L Kia Picanto. Lucky it’s a manual.Continue reading “Timisoara”

Off we went in our Kia Picanto towards central Romania and our final destination of Brasov. Tunes playing and Sat Nav showing us the way it was pretty good. There has obviously been a motorway built since our guidebook was updated so we were able to travel along at 130kph along dual carriageway. Well othersContinue reading “Driving to Dracula Country”

Today was relax day. After a very lazy morning enjoying our beautiful attic apartment we headed into Brasov. The weather certainly was not making us feel guilty of our choice of staying inside as it was foggy and cold. We were only about 10 mins walk from the city and soon found ourselves in theContinue reading “Brasov and relaxing”

In between all the relaxing in Brasov we wanted to go and see a couple of the castles nearby. The main attraction here is Bran’s Castle and was only 30kms away. The sun was out and it was a beautiful day for sightseeing and the countryside just looked fantastic as we drove down to theContinue reading “Castles around Brasov”

We decided that we couldn’t come to Romania and not go to Vlad “The Impaler” Tepes’ (Supposed Dracula) birthplace. The town itself was apparently worth a look so we jumped in the car and headed the 200 or so kilometers north.  Pretty much from the moment we arrived we decided it was worth it. AllContinue reading “Sighisoara”

The trip to Transylvania had been superb and the number of castles and picturesque small towns we saw was unbelievable. While beautiful in appearance though it has to be said that Romania has seemed very far behind the rest of Europe in terms of development. It’s all well and good to embrace the quaint beautyContinue reading “Szeged and Szentendre”