Pensiunea Argint Sinaia

Aleea Pelesului 2 Sinaia, 106100, Romania

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Poenari Fortress - 1480 Stairs - Oct. 20 Part 1

A travel blog entry by newbeginnings

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... waiting to see what I would do, waiting to decide if she wanted to be just like me or as unlike me as she could possibly be.

There was one other person there for me that day. Istvan, my Hungarian friend, had been cheering me on in short facebook messages, since I arrived in Romania, telling me how brave I was, and how he knew I could kick butt. With our conversation in Budapest, about managing fear, it was he who showed me that I could overcome ...

Peles Castle - Oct. 16 Part One

A travel blog entry by newbeginnings

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... and the weapons. It was astounding. There was even a suit of armour for a horse.

The stained glass windows, the priceless paintings, the scroll work, the guilt edges, were all so elegant. The castle was the first in Europe to be fully lit by electricity. They had a central heating system, a central vacuum system and an elevator...all of which are still working today.

There was an apartment that was where the young Prince ...

Sinaia

A travel blog entry by alex_ioana2010

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After the previous night I felt rather ill. On the drive to Sinaia I vomited a few times, and felt pretty ****** all-round. However after some ciorba de fasole (bean soup) at lunch I felt right as rain again. We didn't do any sightseeing today as we left their apartment quite late in the morning (Ioana's uncle and aunt from Iasi also came to the mountains, and there were several disruptions for them along the way) and there was a bit of traffic. Sinaia is a town perched on a ...

Treasure trove of COOL STUFF in Romania & Belgrade

A travel blog entry by bakpaknbizclass

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... next morning.

Day 3: We had to buy our tickets to Brasov, so headed straight to the ticket window. This is where we had the initial shock that there was going to be zero language capability. We could only write down the time and say “Brasov”(pronounced “Bra-shov“, so that even took a couple of tries). Our train was going to leave in a few hours, so we got some Romanian money out of the ATM and sat at the cleanest looking place in ...

In the land of the Dracula

A travel blog entry by chan_hc

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... of a beloved Queen of the early 20th century, Maria, wife of King Ferdinand I, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain, who spent a lot of time in this little but cute and delicate castle.

It is amazing how rapidly the world has changed. As late as in 1866, the people still felt that each country must have a monarch. So when their king was forced to abdicate, they imported one from Germany, and the people whole-heartedly accepted him, while he quickly ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Argint Villa