Today we planned to leave Sighişoara and Aquaris Camping, but first we wanted to drop into the town, then check out the Orthodox Cathedral. We went into town, stopped into a little cafe, then came back to the cathedral. Guess what! It was Saturday — Weddings! Nevertheless we grabbed a couple of shots before going back to the van to pack up and get out.
THe frogs in the river by the church were having a great time!
All was going well, until a German couple we had been chatting to in the campsite suddenly waved us down, telling us to look at our back tyre. We had the flattest of flat tyres! Luckily the campsite was able to call up a local tyre dealer, who came to our aid, removed the wheel and put on the spare, then told us to follow him to his workshop. Workshop? He was the local Michelin dealer — FANEX PREST SRL, Strada Morii 23, 545400 Sighişoara — and had everything that opened and shut to get us going again. Within an hour, the tyre as repaired, replaced, and we were on our way. The problem, by the way, was a very rusty screw embedded in the tyre. We are not altogether sure of the innocence of some adolescents who were acting suspiciously in the campsite the previous night, and who Suzie surprised at our van. Little vandals back in Oz used to rest a nail or other sharp object under the tyres of parked cars in such position that moving the car forwards forced the nail into the tyre. The tip of the nail/screw was suspiciously bright — but we'll just chalk it all up to experience.
Anyway, the drive out towards Hungary was uneventful. We had found a campsite — Camping Eldorado, just outside Cluj-Napoca, and we drove for that. This was one of the best set-up and most comfortable campsites we have come across. It is so good that a lot of Romanians actually come and spend their summer holidays there!
Another fortified church!
Hitchhikers come in all shapes and sizes
We've been bemused by parking on the footpaths,
but when the parking bays run up onto the footpath ...
They have some interesting markers on roundabouts!
While we were there, we met up with the garrulous Irishman (is there any other kind?) we met earlier in Bucharest. While we were talking (again) he revealed that he is cycling around Europe gathering material for a book about cycling around Europe! He has already written a book about cycling the towpaths of Ireland — this gave us enough information to check him out. His name is John Dunne, and the book in question is "Towpath Tours: a guide to cycling Ireland's waterways (2005)".
Another fortified church!
Hitchhikers come in all shapes and sizes
We've been bemused by parking on the footpaths,
but when the parking bays run up onto the footpath ...
They have some interesting markers on roundabouts!
While we were there, we met up with the garrulous Irishman (is there any other kind?) we met earlier in Bucharest. While we were talking (again) he revealed that he is cycling around Europe gathering material for a book about cycling around Europe! He has already written a book about cycling the towpaths of Ireland — this gave us enough information to check him out. His name is John Dunne, and the book in question is "Towpath Tours: a guide to cycling Ireland's waterways (2005)".
We had a very quiet night in a comfortable and cool campsite, and woke refreshed the next day for our further travels.
Distance driven — today, 112 miles ( 180 km ); to date, 23,865 miles ( 38,407 km )
My blog disappeared again. Anyway all looks good Take care Love ya. Am tired tonight. Cathy
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