Hey guys! Nice to hear that you had a little good time in Romania. I am from Brasov, I moved in the US 6 months ago so, I can tell that is a HUGE difference between Romania and USA. First of all, the people is different, their style of thinking is different. They also don't give a sh** about tourists, they are the most annoying persons with who they wanna talk to(talking about tourists). So, don't go there if you don't know somebody from there...you will never find anything, see anything or have fun in any kinda way. And believe me, you could have real fun, and do things that in the US you can't even think to do.....and all that mostly free or very cheap. Another thing is that there are 2 highways in romania, and non of them are not close to Brasov, and they are short, only about 80 miles each. About the signs.....they are a lot, but just not under your nose so you also have to use your brain in an european way to find something. Is the same thing in Hungary, in Austria, Germany and so on....you will not find any english sign, mostly because maybe 3% of the tourists are americans, much more of them are english but for them we have the most attractive places: cheap pubs :)). One thing that you must know is that everybody have their territories surrounded by fences, so if you don't see a fence or a door or any warning sign.......is freee to hang out... ;) and in Brasov is very easy to do that, you can be anywhere, but in max. 20 min you can find a place where to make your own barbecue, have a bath, have some tanning, paraglide, 4x4 tour or a lot of things... Also in the surrounding areas you can find unique places:5 miles Prejmer, 50 miles St. Ana vulcanic lake, 25 miles Bran (dracula) castle, 15 miles Rasnov cetate, 100 miles Sovata's and Slanic-Prahova's salt mine etc.
So, next time when you go there, make some local friends, or just pay some local guide because it will worth that money, if not, just make some research on Wikipedia, don't expect to go there and people jump in front of you with open arms.

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