After the salt mine trip, we headed back to Medias to have lunch at Alex's favourite pizza place. We finally get to eat the amazing pizzas Alex has been harping over the last 4 years whilst he was in London, comparing these pizzas with Dominos & Pizza Express. I must admit these pizzas were extremely good, with a lovely thin crispy crust and an generous amount of ingredients. David demolished the whole pizza in record time. So whilst Alex spend more time with his family here for the ...
Turda Salt Mine
The Salt Mines in Turda has to be one of the most amazing sights in Romania. We started with a long walk in an underground passage into the mountains. The walls further in have a white sheen of salt. And then you get a glimpse of the top of the cavern with its stripes of salt on its walls. As we venture further, we could look down and see parts of the main cavern. At one point we could see a small lake with boats moored on the side. It was such a beautiful sight from above. We were ...
Hotel in Cluj
We have stayed in a variety of hotels from small, old ones full of history to modern hotels. This hotel takes the prize for the most awesome first impression. Truly lovely decor in the room. We did not have time to visit this town which is pretty large with a prominent university. We wandered round to a steak place for dinner - this was the most expensive meal to date. However, the quality of the steak was excellent. ...
Colourful Sighișoara
We stayed the night in Sighișoara, a town in Transylvania. We wandered around the town in the evening and we noticed how colourful all the buildings are. It is a pretty town with interesting architecture and roof tops. As with many of our previous hotels, this hotel is very old, with worn wooden floors and heavy wooden doors. This place gave us keys for our bedroom doors, not magnetic cards! This little old hotel also served the best selection of dried tea leaves and flowers and home-made ...
Medias – family and home town
Medias is a small town where Alex spent most of his school days and his family home is here, as are some relatives. We timed our journey today to arrive here in time to pick up Alex's brother from school to take him with us to Cluj where we will visit the salt mines on the next day. Our lunch was at a large restaurant situated at the top of a hill, next to a wooded nature reserve. Today I ordered the stuffed cabbage as this is the first time I see it on the menu. I was surprised Alex did not ...
