Transylvania and the Carpathian mountains are the very best parts of Romania. We crossed into Romania at a tiny border point where we had to wake up the single Romanian guard and headed north to the Ukrainian border and the remote Maramuresh region. I love this region and in a lot of Transylvania it is charming and has the feel of Britain as I remember it in the 60’s. We stayed 2 nights in a farmhouse and when we left on the second morning our hosts apologised for having to ask us to pay for the beer we had drunk. Their own ... (more)