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Old 22 Mar 2006
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Hi Guys,
thanks for all those interesting information! I'm really loooking forward to travel there.
By the way, I'm going to visit the Viseu-valley and the wood-train there, too.

Chris
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Originally posted by allen starkey:
The main crossing is Bors (Oradea) but it can be busy with queues of trucks. The crossing further north at Valea lui Mihai (near Debrecen) would be better and would enable you to easily reach one of the most interesting regions of Romania - Maramures
Really, there are a lot of trucks, but you can go near them either by car or by bike, because the trucks have separate gate to cross the border. Generally the border crossing lasts 10-15 minutes.
If you cross at Valea lui Mihai you have to go on a bad shape road. If you want to go to Satu Mare go through the border at Csengersima (HU) - Satu Mare (Ro)

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Originally posted by PanEuropean:
Thanks, Chris, much appreciated. I think I will go down the Adriatic coast in May, through Greece, and then up through Romania in June, rather than doing things the other way around.

May I trouble you with a question about language? How much difficulty will I have in rural areas considering that I have no knowledge of Romanian? I speak English, French, Portuguese, and can read German. Do the kids study English in school, and if so, what grade level do they start to learn the language? I have found that in other countries (e.g. Poland), even if the adults didn't speak a second language, the kids were usually proficient enough in English to help me out.

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You might be surprised - if you speak French and Portuguese, understanding written Romanian shouldn't be too tough. Your abilities are beyond mine, so maybe even spoken language might be possible. They will proudly tell you its a Romance language - which it is - and compared to Hungarian or Bulgarian on either side, it is not that difficult even for an English speaker. Certainly menus are probably 50% OK - just try that in Bulgaria...
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see some snaps from my trips to Romania

2002 --- http://www.dablyk.com/album4.php

2003 --- http://www.dablyk.com/albumm.php

Romania is a beautiful country with nice people. Go there and explore the area

I traveled it three times with Rough Guide

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Hi Santhasz:


I need to ask you a question about meteo in Romania: What is the climate like there around the end of April - beginning of May for the purpose of motorcycle travel? Is there a lot of rain that time of year? Is it cold, with the possibility of snow?


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Now, I can answer you: April seems to be miserable wet and the temperature is about 10 grades Celsius daytime.
There are inundations all over the country.
In the mountains there is snow.
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Hi! I see you live in Tirgu-Mures. We have non-english speaking friends in TM; would you be kind and send me an email message as I have something non-related to his forum to ask? Thanks, Wim (email: wbajanssen'at'quicknet.nl)
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Hi folks!

We (my wife and I) are back from a 4 days trip around south-west Romania.
We tried to go trough the pass Urdele, but the road is closed, so we opted for Sebes - Deva - Petrosani - Targu Jiu road. From here I can recomend you the road to Baia de Arama and Baile Herculane. The landscape is beautiful! The road is not the best but it was OK for a Hayabusa. Anyway we were not in a hurry.
Baile Herculane is a very nice resort, try to find the old centre, and you can feel the Habsburgic wind blowing even if the buildings are in bad shape. It is very easy to find a hostel.
Next day: Baile Herculane - Orsova - Drobeta Turnu Severin - Orsova - Moldova Noua, near the Danube. The landscape .... you have to see that! The road: potholes, potholes, potholes, but you can go easily near them by bike.
At Timisoara Hotel Banat has nice rooms and its own parking place with gate. (120 RON / room for two person + 6 RON bike / night)
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