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Zarnesti Gorges
... edge of civilization to a very clean and pleasant Transylvanian town with some industry and tourism.
The gorges are at one end of the town and if you come from Brasov you have to cross the entire Zarnesti to get there (some 10 minutes by car). After the asphalt road ends you have to go another 3 km on a forest road until you find a barrier. There is the beginning of the gorges. But don't worry, you ...
Bran ou le château de Dracula
Au réveil, j'ai un petit accès de conscience écologique et je remplis cinq sacs poubelles avec les déchets trouvés autour de la rivière. Pendant ce temps, Malo (qui n’a mal nulle part mais qui va apparemment bientôt « moooourir ») s’est recouché.
Finalement, Malo prend son courage à deux mains et nous voilà prêts pour la visite du château de Bran qui est (cette fois-ci) ouvert ! L’entrée est assez chère (25 Lei) le ...
Rasnov, Transylvanie
... Kalacs » : une sorte de pâte à croissant enroulée puis cuite au feu de bois et recouverte de sucre et de copeaux de noix : un délice qui permet de nous engraisser pour l’hiver !
Nous trouvons un super endroit près d’une rivière pour rester dormir près du château et pouvoir y retourner le lendemain, dans le petit village de « Simon » (un clin d’œil au passage pour mon cousin ...
Day 6 - Sinai (Peles Castle)
... But it's all good. As we got into Sinai to look for the castle, Aunt Linda stopped a guy named Robert to ask for directions. Turns out he was going to the same place to do some hiking in the woods near the castle. He was really sweet and hung out with us in the castle's garden and made sure we knew where everything was. Pop machine was a true blue war. We had to insert paper bills onto the machine just like we do here. After awhile we were ready to give up. Just then a man comes ...
Dracula shmacula
... palace was built, died two weeks after completion).
Though for the most part Sinaia struck us as a sleepy little mountain town, there was one thing we found to be a bit quirky, if not a little creepy. During our visit, we ate at three different restaurants, all of which offered identical décor (and evoked the feeling of being in a wedding hall), identical menus and identical wall murals of some dude in a black suit and ...