Live to Ride...Ride to Eat

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You're killin' me, Django! That meal is just what I'd like to eat after having a nice ride. Bravo!
Django, I just had the chance to read your Leg 3 blog about the Apuseni ride. Too bad it rained but what an interesting glimpse of another world. All those years during the Cold War, as I was growing up I was not able to imagine the life of people living in the east. It's somehow encouraging to see that they still built houses, planted crops, and lived their lives as best they could. It seems, though, that the economic rebirth is slower to arrive in Romania than Hungary. You pictures of villages look to me they way I saw Hungary for the the first time in 1996. However now Hungary has made great advancements. I really liked the photo of the old guy in a Tyrolean hat looking at your bike, and also the grandeur of the Transylvanian Plain. Great report! Thank you.