Routes No.V. & VI: Grover and Oscar The Grouch on the road to Romania
There we go, the last two routes of Tramprennen 2012: Grover and Oscar the Grouch!
Starting in Berchtesgaden and Bayreuth, going through Austria, Czech Repuclic, Slovakia and the Ucraine till Romania!
Just a few steps are missing and we’re ready to relaunch our website and start registrations for Tramprennen 2012! So be ready, find your hitchmate and wait for news in the near future! We’re close! Rock’n’Roll :)!
Route No.V: Grover
Berchtesgaden (D) – Neusiedler See (AT) – Banská Štiavnica (SK) – Kosice (SK) – Mukacheve (UA) – Cluj-Napoca (RO) – Lacal Surduc (RO)
Start: Berchtesgarden (Germany)
Size: cosy
Water: easy to hitchhike to the Königsee
Important: hometown of a famous woodworking school
1st stage: Neusiedler See (Austria)
Size: close to a village
Water: directly on the lake
Important: on hot days the water temperature can raise up to 30 degree
2nd stage: Schemnitz (Slovakia)
Size: very small
Water: mountains!
Important: town wall from the 13th century
3rd stage: Kosice (Slovakia)
Size: bigger
Water: on the river Hornad
Important: Kosice has more monuments than every other city in Slovakia, meeting point the other route
4th stage: Mukachevo/Мукачеве (Ucraine)
Size: 91.000
Water: for sure a bit
Important: The city is now a rail terminus and highway junction, and has beer, wine, tobacco, food, textile, timber and furniture industries
5th stage: Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Size: fourth biggest city of Romania
Water: some streams and a river, more important are the mountains and the forrest surrounding the city
Important: 45 000 students are living in the culture-city
6th stage: Lacul Surduc
Size: Lake!
Water: Lake!
Important: Lake!
Route No VI.: Oscar the Grouch
Bayreuth (D) – České Budějovice (CZ) – Stare Hamry (CZ) – Kosice (SK) – Ghilvaci (RO) – Targu Mures (RO) – Lacal Surduc (RO)
Start: Bayreuth (Germany)
Size: not to big
Water: River, small rivers and a lake in the park
Important: the Richard-Wagner-Festival takes place until the 28th of august
1st stage: České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
Size: medium
Water: Beer!
Important: more famous is the german name Budweis
2nd stage: Stare Hamry (Slovakia)
Size: tiny
Water: Ostravice River
Important: forest covers 86% of village’s area
3rd stage: Kosice (Slovakia)
Size: bigger
Water: on the river Hornad
Important: Kosice has more monuments than every other city in Slovakia; is meeting point with Grover
4th stage: Gilvachi (Romania)
Size: very small
Water: one stream, some fields
Important: home village of Walter Mutter
5th stage: Targu Mures (Romania)
Size: medium / big
Water: River Mieresch, Lake and a subterranean water
Important: there you find the biggest Hungarian minority and the city was in the history a party of Hungary in places.
6th stage: Lacul Surduc
Size: Lake!
Water: Lake!
Important: Lake!
