For the softer tourists Sibiu has an International Theater Festival but for those who like a bit of action the Red Bull Romaniacs motorcycle rally is a must. It's considered one of the toughest races in the world and it has quite a reputation in the circles of enduro fans. Besides that we constantly have groups of moto enthusiasts who pay good money to ride their bikes on our steep hills and mountains.
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| Romaniacs: prologue in the city |
You can do this wandering on your own, self-managed, or in a more organized manner, with support helicopter and medical personnel. If you're doing it on your own you may want to know a few facts, I'm not a rider but they will still come handy:
- ask the experts, you can easily find somebody with great knowledge in our city, there are a few bike groups that know their business, I've heard countless stories of broken bones;
- don't take shortcuts through farmers' crops. You may find an angry peasant that has seen one too many bikers crossing his land and the scythe is still a popular tool around here;
- on the other hand if you're friendly and polite a farmer will help you when in need. If you get lost in the mountains you can find shelter in the cottage of a shepherd, they don't see many people and will like the company. You can get something to eat and a stinky sheepskin to cover. Also, don't have too much tuica with the sheperd, Brokeback Mountain might not be inspired from real facts but it isn't purely fictional either. If you're a woman you better sleep in the woods with the wolfs - kidding;
- if you see a sheperd's dog and you're on the motorbike: accelerate, they are dangerous. If you're on foot: stand still, pray and yell for the sheperd - you might want to do them simultaneously. Don't try to pet or scare the dog, it's used to fighting bears, you're no match. If you're wondering: it doesn't have a brandy barrel around his neck, more likely spikes;
- bears are quite friendly if you don't disturb the cubs, just give them some food and they will stay for a photoshooting, or so I've heard from the ones that survived the encounter;
- werewolf, Dracula - just myths, you have bigger things to be scared of, but let's not take all the fun out of it and divulge everything, shall we?
- last but not least: read some proper material, this was supposed to be funny.
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| Romanics: let's not forget about why you became a biker, we also have cheap beer |
