Across the border we go where Oradea is our first stop in the peculiar Romania.
Many expectations created about this country, we are definitely sure to find much more that its ancient history of blood sucking lords.
-" this place has really changed" affirms Jorge as he compares the way of living nowadays with the one he saw ten years ago in his last visit.
In the road from Oradea to Sibiu (European cultural capital this year) and after eight hours of stop and go, get frozen and squeezed in the minibus, we can observe that wooden carts have been replaced for the famous Dacia Logan, the"best selling" car in Romania since this one was built.
Looking around we have the feeling that this country has been rushed into the wealthy and tempting European community category... few examples.
* You can see how some Roma people ( gypsies ) are brave enough to explore the world of the Internet without knowing that mixing your fizzy soft drink with the keyboard is not a good idea.
* traveling through their road you can realize that they spend more money in the signs to inform you of the bad status of the road ahead that actually bother in fixing them.
*Also you can enjoy a tasty but expensive "rare" cooked meat in the family restaurant that they have done from the original birth place of Vlad Dracul, I'm sure he will be turning in his grave!
As i said before, quite a peculiar country, but so far it is the one I like the most.
After Sibiu and capturing a few shots from the nice locals , we head to Brasov, in the heart of the famous Transylvania. Four days there teach us that the myth of Dracula is a merchandising machine and also a good excuse to make up stories like the one of the castle where he lived or how many turks he impaled carrying name of the church.
Snow is to be seen everywhere, which give us the perfect excuse and scenery added to the full moon, to pay a visit to an old church and its graveyard pursuing the perfect creepy shot.
Definitely worth it to try in this region of the world.... Scary!
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