Hotel Casa Wagner Brasov
Piata Sfatului nr. 5 Brasov, Transylvania, 500031, Romania
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Day 3/4 in Brasov
... was just a single chamber, pretty boring if you've been spoilt with the cave systems in NSW. Plus the whole thing was in Romanian so I didn't get a whole lot out of it - but maybe the others did.
Had lunch at home, and after a nap we went to the old city to do some ice skating. The rink was quite crowded and it was a bit of an adventure to rent the skates but before long I was stumbling around on the ice while everyone ...
Bad Weather Day...
... America. However, I noticed they all wanted my money and were quick to complain of poverty. I come from a tourist town, and sometimes it is annoying, but you cannot have it both ways. If you want the tourist dollars, you HAVE to build the infrastructure to accommodate them.
I am very fortunate I know that I speak English. However, I was not the one who decided that it would become the International language. The reality is that visitors are ...
Vampires, and Bratwurst, and Beers! Oh, my!
... at one time. When Brasov was first settled, it was known as “Kronstadt” which means “Crown City” in German.
I’m not sure when the name changed to from Kronstadt to Brasov but I did learn that from 1950 to 1960, the city was renamed “Stalin City” in honor of the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin. During it’s time as Stalin City, trees were cut down to spell out STALIN in giant letters on the hillside above ...
Bran + Rasnov -> Brasov ≠ Hollywood
... the bus was absolutely packed.
The bus runs to Bran and goes through Rasnov on the way, where there is a ruined fortress on a hilltop that is also popular. We planned to do both, but had no idea which stop in Rasnov to get off at and consequently missed all of them. We'd been looking for the fortress but hadn't seen it. Bran was easier - practically everyone got off at the castle stop, which was easy to recognise as you could easily see the castle close by.
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ROMANIA-Transylvania,Valacchia,Danube,Black Sea
... but with bad view
on those iron giants.
At the end of Romania, next to the border with Bulgaria, we found our place: VAMA VECHE.
The
name means old customs and it used to be a seaside resort for communist
politicians, then it turned in an artist refuge and recently became a
hippy place with a lot of pubs and bars, all made of wood, along its
sandy beach with polinesian umbrellas.
On 10th August a famous disck
jockey is ...



