9:00 pm. Sitting in beautiful corner room on the 3rd floor with our windows open to the historic square in Old Town Sibiu. Pictures below. We had a nice light dinner sitting outside after eating sausage and polenta for 2 days. But dessert of Floating Islands was required. Our Romanian hostess spoke perfect English and had spent time in the US including Key West. She loves the US and said everyone there is so friendly. We sat next to a young couple with a cute 2 year old girl. The father also spoke perfect English and works in a marketing company. All schools in Romania teach English so most of the younger people speak at least some.
I think the last couple of days getting here, renting the motorcycle, etc. caught up to us because we felt tired today and didn't feel like traveling. The adrenaline rush wore off. So we rode about 2 miles to our current hotel. The area we are in was established in the 1100's! Our room is in a building with walls about 2.5 feet thick and has stayed cool without air conditioning.
We happened to stumble upon a Romanian Medieval Festival so you will hopefully see some pictures from that. We also walked to a local market that had tables and tables of fresh vegetables and fruit. We bought some green peppers, blueberries and grapes and ate them as we walked through the market. They were very tasty. I took pictures of some of the local women who were very happy to pose for us. I asked before I took the pictures and then they wanted to see the pictures which was fun to see their reactions, happy and proud.
Internet access here is good so I'm going to try to upload several pictures including from yesterday's ride on the Transfagarian Highway.
Tomorrow we are off to Belgrade, Serbia, I think ...
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