We boarded a train in Sighisoara for Brasov, a three-hour ride in the train we chose, which we were lucky enough to find was possibly Romania's oldest train, a relic from probably the 1920s or 30s. Looking out the window, we could see that for some Romanians (not just the ones who ride this train), life doesn't seem to have changed very much during modern times. We saw a horse munching on delicious hay in a villager's yard, and another horse pulling his cart into a petrol station. We also saw a flock of fluffy sheep being herded by shepherds and sheepdogs. The landscape is similar to southern Alberta except the farms are smaller and there are many tiny multi-coloured plots of various crops growing everywhere in the villages, sometimes with black and white cranes foraging in the fields. The village houses look like they are made of wood and plaster, with terracotta tile roofs, which makes each village very pretty. There are moo cows and concrete blocks and hay bales and roads like in Alberta, but there are also haystacks on wood tripods like in 1950s Dick and Jane readers and also other traditional farming implements like you can only see at heritage museums in Canada and US America. Also, in the parts of the landscape that are not being farmed and all along the track, there are all colours of wildflowers. Romania is a beautiful and friendly country to visit.
We boarded a train in Sighisoara for Brasov, a three-hour ride in the train we chose, which we were lucky enough to find was possibly Romania's oldest train, a relic from probably the 1920s or 30s. Looking out the window, we could see that for some Romanians (not just the ones who ride this train), life doesn't seem to have changed very much during modern times. We saw a horse munching on delicious hay in a villager's yard, and another horse pulling his cart into a petrol station. We also saw a flock of fluffy sheep being herded by shepherds and sheepdogs. The landscape is similar to southern Alberta except the farms are smaller and there are many tiny multi-coloured plots of various crops growing everywhere in the villages, sometimes with black and white cranes foraging in the fields. The village houses look like they are made of wood and plaster, with terracotta tile roofs, which makes each village very pretty. There are moo cows and concrete blocks and hay bales and roads like in Alberta, but there are also haystacks on wood tripods like in 1950s Dick and Jane readers and also other traditional farming implements like you can only see at heritage museums in Canada and US America. Also, in the parts of the landscape that are not being farmed and all along the track, there are all colours of wildflowers. Romania is a beautiful and friendly country to visit.
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