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New Years Eve 2011
... our train, and extending our train trip home by 30 minutes to 3 hours because we missed the station we were supposed to change at. We should arrive at Eindhoven at 7:30 pm, where we will probably have a proper dinner at a restaurant because haven’t really eaten today at all.
PS we stopped at a restaurant near the station and had an awesome dinner, steak with sauteed veggies and fries, with a great red wine sauce. So good.
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The Roman Ruins of Jidova -Oct. 20 Part 3
... section for me was where they heated the water. I was told they would build a fire outside the building in a container of some sort which led through a tube into the building itself. The heat would travel through the metal coils that led from that tube. They wound back and forth underneath the floor. I am uncertain if the entire structure was heated, but I do know that the leaders would most certainly have had heating.
There was a large section of land within the ...
Bad Weather Day...
... nice feeling. So I would go in and get my coffee and check my messages.
After consuming my coffee I wandered around a little just soaking up the atmosphere. I never got tired of people watching and discovering new nooks and crannies in all the streets of Brasov. I decided that I would go in to the History museum. Outside the museum there was a display set up off pictures of Old and New Brasov. However, I only took a quick glance as it ...
Vampires, and Bratwurst, and Beers! Oh, my!
... is not part of the agreement is just fine with us.
We arrived in Brasov intending to spend six days but quickly decided that since it was a really nice place plus room and food prices were reasonable and we were in no hurry to get anywhere else that we should spend a few extra days. The decision to stay longer really had nothing to do with the fact that Oktoberfest in Brasov started the day we had originally planned to leaveJ. Now you may ask ...
Bran + Rasnov -> Brasov ≠ Hollywood
... on mountains in flashes of lightning. People should show a little fang when they smile. I'm pretty sure it's not just be who gets that image when they think of Transylvania...
So it turns out Bram Stoker had a very vivid imagination. I know he used a lot of historical Vlad Tepes stuff for Dracula, but the setting is not at all like the vampire stereotype. In fact it's closer to the vampire pansy culture taking over the world right now. Let's face it, these ...



