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- Bucharest
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- Leu (ROL)
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- 22,364,022
- Population
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Brasov Slideshow
Brasov
Travel Blogs from Brasov, Romania
Night mare in Romania
... just unhelpful, rude but out right nasty agents at Rail Road tix windows. Decided to leave without staying in Romania. Took train to Timosaura. Beginning of royal screwups, misconceptions, misinformation etc. Abandoned in Samosora. Five km hike ...
The home of Dracula
... ! The whole Dracula concept we soon found out was a complete myth and the book written had no relation to the King of Romania himself. The only relation was his brutality in battle, and would often take prisoners of war and stake them on several metre ...
Transylvania
... in a valley in the middle of transylvania. we planned on staying 1 night but ended up staying 4. toured the town it has some neat history, and mountain with a big sign that says brasov, hollywood style. and it's a good base to see bran and peles ...
Transylvania
March 4 - 10, 2006 (Sinaia, Brasov and Sighisoara, Transylvania) Sorry folks, just pictures for ...
the High Tatras and beyond
... between rich and poor, or merely the huge cultural difference, we both had an uneasy feeling in all three countries. As for Romania, we will reserve judgement until we have been here a bit longer. The language is easier, being a Latin based ...
Jam Hands Jay tries to cheat us
Braşov was an immediate relief from the frustrations of Bucharest. Not only was it easier to get around (just walk), it was more pleasing to the eye, and there was more to do (even if it just is a pleasant stroll). We visited the Black Church, which ...
Brasov Sept 16-18
Brasov is the second biggest city in Romania but is only about 400k people. Feels more like a small city or big town really which was a nice change of pace. Lots of nice buildings and a large pedestrian area where everyone walks around and hangs out. I ...
Searching for Dracula
... was really cool. It was on top of a mountain, as all proper fortresses are, with spectacular views of Rasov, Brasov, and the surrounding mountains. It also included a semi-interesting museum with objects and documents about the ...
In the land of the Dracula
... vacuum system. It is 10 times better than Hearst’s Castle in California. Sinaia was the last city that I visited in Romania. All the books that I read about this country before I came, especially David Kaplan’s Balkan Ghost, made me envision ...
Time to take a train
Visiting Romania and not visiting Transylvania would be like visiting Durham and not going to Neros. Sorry, the cathedral. I had allowed four days sightseeing time in Bucharest, but having pretty much exhausted the sights of Bucharest on day one it was an ...
all but rules
All but rules. In one word I would call it chaos. On the road you can find everything except the rules by which you're supposed to drive. The Romanians drive through the red light,... They don't have their lights turn on and ocasionally it may happen ...
Vampires for Halloween (almost)
... were endless. I have to mentally erase hundreds of herding tourists, but I have seen Dracula's castle. On the way back to Brasov we went to see the citadel at Rasnov which was a far better museum and historical trip. The Citadel was even more ...
transylvania
... by the police for running a red light. anyway, later on, we got to see the wonderful palace of teh first king of romania. it truly was unbelievably amazing. 160 rooms buitl in forty years. that was sweet. the monastery was boring. the castle was ...
when there is no more
the trip back home.... and what are words ...and what are feelings...interpretations of physical impulse?chemical reactions of the brain? and where do they go ....memory...i have a memory of my past feelings ....it seems they fade away in my ...
I vant to suck your blood!
... a bit rundown and beat up and dirty, but as I found out later on, there are quite a few places in Romania that are just like it. But I'm not slamming Brasov. In fact the central square is nice and it's a great place to start hunting for vampires and the ...
ROMANIA-Transylvania,Valacchia,Danube,Black Sea
... in the castles section (Poianiri ruines). Sibiu, a saxon middle-age city is one the most beautiful and interesting of Romania. You remain astonished when you see its large central square, with art deco soft colours painted classig palaces that stand ...
transylvania
... train so i was really goosed by this time but i had to go as it was a highlight and i dont intend to rush back to romania in a hurry. the train i got was one of the worst id been on and was purely occupied by the shitheads that id mentioned earlier. its ...
Brasov: the Saxons of Transylvania
... seems to be tradition for one's first night in Transylvania. PS. All major towns in Transylvania have two or three names. Romania entries are titled by their Romanian, then Hungarian, then (if applicable) German names, just so nobody feels ...
heart of transylvania
... we went out to this open air museum thing just out of town... it had 120 or so dwellings and machinery from all over Romania... from wagons, to windmills and houses all spread out over a few acres of land, with horses grazing about... it was really quite ...
the invisible quest for illusions
so ...late in the night i got in the train...starting the trip that was able to dragg me out from solitude...to bring peace and hallucination in the same time....to create and maybe to destroy... am a dreamer but when I wake, You can't break my ...
on the way home
well...on my way home i have suffered the most overwhelming and mindblowing experience for the heart and soul and bosy and alllll....and all in all i will tell u about that ...
Bran + Rasnov -> Brasov ≠ Hollywood
... and colourful buildings. It is so un-vampirey that if you somehow teleported here by accident, you wouldn't even guess you're in Romania. Our train was late, but we got off at the right stop after waking up early to make sure we didn't miss is and then ...
Lots of bites, just no vampire ones
... have so many bites on me, thankfully no vampire ones (although I wouldn't say no to Eric from True Blood!) The other thing about Romania is that the countryside is beautiful. The train trip to Brașov was stunning and in hindsight, I should have ...
Brasov
... the hotel owners friends. She is an artist, and showed me some of her paintings and sculptures. I asked her about Romania and it's inclusion in the European Union. She explained it as "everyone thinking with one brain now". She ...
Dracula's Fake Castle
Today I woke up not to my alarm but yes to a daddy long leg spider in my mouth. Then I took a tour with my new Malasian friend to a really fancy and ornate palace nearby, Peles Palace. We also went to a castle where dracula may have stopped by once. ...
Dracula Lives Here
The bus ride from Istanbul to Brasov, Romania, took 21 hours. Six of those hours were just waiting in a bus at Bulgaria Customs. Eventually, the Bulgarian Custom Officials lead the bus to this dark deserted warehouse around midnight. We all got out of ...