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Originally posted by Jim Cesiro
Your in a strange country. Why not go out and explore a little.
Lets see, Whitesnake or walk around and take in the city? Hmmmm....
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Actually, today we drove up to the compressor station. It's about 5 hours from Bucharest in Transylvania.
Yep, I spent the day with the Vampires. I even ate at a place called "Dracula Dane" which I think is "Hotel Dracula"
Romania is actually a very nice country. Even in the small old villages, the people try to keep up thier houses. Passed several castles and one church that was built in 1265. They have some awesome looking ski slopes and the architecture looks a lot like Switzerland. The mountains are very rugged and look like short Alps. I'm bringing the snowboard in March!
Oh, and here the leaves change colors! Not quite as extreme as the Northeast US, but still quite beautiful.
What the country needs is a major injection of road infrastructure, say Autobahn or Interstate type roads to help spread the wealth around the whole country. The 360KM trip took over 5 hours mostly because the speedlimits change to 50km/hr in the villages and the mountain switchbacks just can't be taken too quickly. Oh, and good luck doing the speedlimit in most of the cities on the way up. Lots of traffic and no bypass.