Romania caught in a transitional time warp

Numarul current al revistei Georgia Straight are un articol de calatorie despre Romania:
Romania caught in a transitional time warp.

I am killing time 300 kilometres north of Romania’s capital, Bucharest, waiting for the night train that will carry me west to Budapest in neighbouring Hungary. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sighisoara would normally be an atmospheric place to while away a long wait, but I have arrived in the middle of an autumn rainstorm. A grey veil shrouds the fairy-tale façades, and muddy-brown rivers stream through winding, cobbled alleys. In the central plaza, mushroomlike café umbrellas drip forlornly and mangy dogs sniff around the gutters.