When we arrived in Sibiu, the 2007 Capital of European Culture, we checked into our unique, circus themed hostel. Then, we went off to explore the old town. We wandered around visiting churches, shops, and enjoying the town square. We, also, made a few stops at various restaurants to indulge in hot wine and to warm up! Thus, by the time we returned to our hostel at 8:30 pm, we had consumed quite a bit of the wine. Randi fell asleep immediately, while I stayed up reading. After an hour, as I was scratching my arm, I noticed my sheets and pillows crawling with small beetles. I switched to the other bunk bed, but the bugs were there, too! I attempted to wake Randi to inform her of our bed bug problem, but she would sigh, roll over and go right back to sleep. I stayed awake, sitting in bed for 2 hours, determined to keep the bugs off of me. Finally, at 11 pm, Randi awoke. By then, she too had noticed the bugs. We packed our stuff, picked the bugs off of our coats and scarves, received a full refund, and checked into the local Ramada. After showering, we enjoyed a good night’s rest. 
The previous day, after consuming a few glasses of the mulled wine, we had visited a tattoo parlor to make appointments. The next day, we stuck by our plans and got tattoos by an award winning tattoo artist in Transylvania. Randi got a small cross, while I got a Gothic cross on my lower back to cover a name (don’t worry, not a bf’s name, thank you) that I had done one crazy Saturday night/morning in Pattaya, Thailand. Well pleased with the results, we hopped on another train to Brasov.
~ Stacy
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