Review: Copsamare Guesthouses, Romania

"ultimately this was just a quick overnight stop for us. We arrived in the afternoon and left in the morning. To provide some constructive feedback, I do think they could do a much better job promoting what there is to do in the town."

Granted, they could have been more proactive, but maybe just assumed you guys wouldn't have the time for it?

Dinner looked delicious, especially those baked apples. Good grief what a meal.

The man on the loudspeaker may have been a milkman. I've been to some rural areas formerly behind the Iron Curtain, where a man would drive a truck through town at various times during the day announcing something on a loudspeaker. The locals advised me it was the milkman. When they hear the announcement, those needing milk would take their empty containers out to the truck and have milk ladled into them for a fee.

"Funny enough that guy was actually on our Turkish Airlines flight into Cluj, and was seated immediately behind us. What are the odds of that?!"

my guess is you were being followed. There are no coincidences.

I am not paranoid, just a former intelligence service worker.

“There are no coincidences.”

I don’t agree.

International travel blogger is the perfect 21st century cover story. It’s a wonder lucky hasn’t appeared in a John LeCarre novel.

Is Ben finally realizing how those $1000/night stays and $100 omlettes at the Amans were nothing more than a ripoff?

I can't get over staying in a place like this with a complete stranger in one of the other bedrooms. I'd have a fit. Give me a hotel room with a proper lock on the door, any day.

The Transfagarasan Highway will be closed for the winter on November 4th. So plan accordingly.

That food (especially the eggplant) looks so delicious - how are you ever again going to appreciate the stuff that Ali Al-Bakr serves up in Qatar's "Dine on Demand"?

$106 per night for those rooms is a complete ripoff. Seriously you did not have any privacy. You try to make it sound nice but I suspect you are just trying to justify the expense.

Agree with Alan, in Romanian prices this is very expensive. The whole house for 106$ per night would be reasonable.

As for the car with the loudspeaker, it's still quite common in some rural areas here in eastern Europe. Two possible options come to mind: either they are selling something like seasonal produce (vegetables, fruit – stuff that wouldn't warrant a year-round retail operation), or they're buying out certain commodities – this used to be animal skins and feathers from local residents who keep animals, but slowly the list came to include old car batteries, copper wire, home appliances etc.
I've never seen the milkman thing as described by @Allen, but it's perfectly plausible – especially if there's no permanent grocery store in the village.