Continental Gaiser Brasov

Dn 1 km 148 Timisu de sus Brasov, Transylvania, Romania

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A little history...and a statue - Part 1

A travel blog entry by newbeginnings

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... they killed Amulius, restored Numitor to the throne of Alba Longa and decided to found a new city for themselves.

Romulus wished to build the new city on the Palatine Hill but Remus preferred the Aventine Hill. They agreed to determine the site through augury. Romulus appeared to receive the more favorable signs but each claimed the results in his favor. In the disputes that followed, Remus was killed. Ovid has Romulus ...

A small detour

A travel blog entry by aga-and-maciek

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... gifts stands, plus a payed parking and most likely totally overpriced accommodation. That did not leave is with much of a choice but to proceed and head for the Poienari Citadel.


The Citadel is supposed to be the "real" Dracula castle and is hugely devastated (at least that's what we could see from the road). The view is indeed nice, but the number of steps leading to the top discouraged us from going, especially that we had a long day ...

Heavy Metal Machine

A travel blog entry by mattscott

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... fun winding roads, and a driving through a sea of sheep, we descended and continued on to Brasov.

There was a festival on sponsored by a beer company, so we went in to town to check it out, all romanian bands, hip hope, and some headbanging 80's metal..cock-rock metal anyway. Everyone seemed to know the words, so they must be famous in Romania. Unfortunately it was also raining a bit, and after my fluro-coloured "ice-cream" we had a few beers and hit the ...

Exploring Transylvania

A travel blog entry by bgill

... out really well even if i had to rush it a bit. The main reason for this was because i wanted to go to some of the famous Budapest baths before i had to catch my train in the evening. The major highlights were the Hero's Square, bath house and castle at that end of the city before going back to the main castle on the Buda side of the river for a souvenir then finally The Citadel where i got some great views of the city. It was also close to the ...

Dracula!

A travel blog entry by scottarobinson

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... the one hour time difference between Romania and the rest of Europe. This meant that we were an hour later getting in to the first stop, Timisoara than our connecting train. At first view, Timiosara station looked like something out of the 1950's. Nobody spoke English (obvious yes, but we'd relied on that so far!) and there was nothing electricity orientated whatsoever. In previous situations when we'd got off at an unknown station, ...

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