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Moving on to Sibiu

Today we only have to get to Sibiu not so far away.  We had allowed the morning free here in Sighisoara.  We had a leisurely start before grabbing breakfast in the town square.  As we didn’t find anywhere that did breakfast per se, we settled on a toasted sandwich each; one with ham and cheese […]

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Hilltop fairytale town

We had booked the rental car till 2000 last night with an after-hour return.  So it was OK to return it this morning around 0830 before their 0900 opening.  From the Avis office, it was only a couple of minutes walk to the train station for our 0858 departure to Sighisoara. The train to Sighisoara […]

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Bad day made good

We walked to the nearby Sixt rental car desk located in a nearby hotel.  At the opening time of 0900, tt was unattended but we managed to ring up the number provided.  They couldn’t do us a car till around 1100. That left us with our backup booking with Avis for 0930.  We taxied down […]

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Planning hassles

We had the same breakfast of muesli and milk before heading to Bucharest’s railway station by taxi.  It was a short wait before we could board our train for Brasov. Once in the countryside, the landscape varied between green and brown.  We pulled into Brasov 2h40 later and took a taxi uphill to the old […]

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The Romanian capital

No breakfast was supplied at our hotel so we had some fruit and muesli.  I was in a rush to get going.  My brain wasn’t functioning and I kept thinking we had to be at the free walking tour at 1000 when it was in fact 1030 at the central city park about 20 minutes […]

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