Rainbow Child

It was OK when I was little to go to my grandma’s and stay there for weeks. I didn’t mind the lack of running water, the toilet in the back of the yard or other inconveniences. Now that I’ve grown I hate sleeping there. I like going there and spending time with my aunt and uncle and playing with my niece and nephew but I hate sleeping there.

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I’ve been wanting to explore the area at Piaţa Unirii for a long long time but I’ve never had the opportunity until now. We woke up really early this morning and around 9 o’clock we were on our way. That neighbourhood is amazing! Too bad it’s mainly inhabited by poor people and they don’t have the money to repair the houses. But it has such a big potential!

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After having walked around the city centre for long enough we decided to have a look at Braşov from above. Well, we weren’t ‘prepared’ to walk all the way up that huge hill, so we took the cable car. I know, I know, we’re so lazy I always get claustrophobic and panicky when it comes to going upwards in any kind of machinery, so I did a bit of hyperventilating. But the ride up was worth it. We got a very nice view of the city, too bad we were really hungry by the time we got there so all we wanted was to go down asap and eat something.

Once back in the city we looked for a place to have a snack. All the places on the main touristic streets were almost full and we didn’t want to squeeze in with all the tourists so we ended up having a great lunch in a nice pub. It’s calledGott and I strongly recommend it I’ve the best pasta ever there! And they had a very tasty wheat beer. We didn’t get drunk on the beach this 1st of May, but I surely got tipsy in Braşov )) I couldn’t stop drinking that beer, it was that awesome!

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After our yummy lunch and great beer(s), we went to try their cakes. We saw a very nice confectionery and decided we must eat there. So on our way to the train station we made a quick and delicious!!! stop at that place. Boy, 3 cakes we’re enough for us, but we were running out of time so we had to stop. Next time we’re there we’re trying everything they have!

All in all, it was a GREAT trip. Braşov is a city we’ve fallen in love with and we’ll go there again, that’s for sure!

I’ve always wanted to visit Braşov. I’ve been there once, but it doesn’t really count: it was raining like hell, it was cold and ugly outside and my main reason for being there was a book fair so I spent most of my time there at the fair. But everyone who has ever visited Braşov told me it’s a lovely city and I’ve been wanting to visit it again ever since, so this weekend we had a 1-day trip there.

We had no idea what we wanted to see/visit, but like always, we just walked around wherever we thought it would be nice and tried not to be your typical tourists. I wanted to see their Cărtureşti and at one point as we were walking around the city centre we just realised we were standing outside it! I totally love how it looks! I think my holidays in Baia Mare would be considerably less boring if we had such a bookstore there. Well, one can only hope.

The city itself is incredibly nice. I like it better than Sibiu and I think I also like it better than Timişoara, which is something! I think that Braşov has more old parts than Timişoara and it’s closer to Bucharest, which is a big plus if I ever want to move somewhere else

I don’t mind that not all the houses are renovated, quite the contrary. I daydream about living in one of those old houses with big windows. I think everyone who’s living in a communistic block dreams of moving out at one point. I’m so sick and tired of these ugly buildings! It’s always a breath of fresh air to walk around street or cities that don’t have this communistic architecture. I could move to another city just for its architecture.

But until then I’d better make my days here as colourful as possible