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Hotel Castelano Bistrita

Str. Codrisor Nr. 23 Bistrita, 4400, Romania

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A place where the time stopped

A travel blog entry by aga-and-maciek

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... It was not like a satanists one, but men wore black shirts and trousers - one even held an umbrella - although it was sunny. Unfortunately one of the men forgot about the tradition and wore blue colored shirt, while the rest seemed not to notice that. We did.


Next off was Poienile Izei church with the longest wait for the key holder. It was worth waiting though, as the frescoes inside were as dramatic images of hell, as we had read in the ...

Bucovina delights

A travel blog entry by aga-and-maciek

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... most common motive all around was... decapitation. I was never aware that there was so many stories of cutting the saint's head in the bible or in the Christian world - and in Moldovita you could see hundreds. Sometimes there was one head cut and sometimes it was a mass cutting (four to five at the same time!). Brrrr... At one point of time, as we were sitting and watching the paintings a nun came out of the church with a plank of wood and ...

Polish roots and painted beauties

A travel blog entry by aga-and-maciek

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... and every fresco. We found ourselves sitting and staring for half an hour, making sure we see every little bit of it before we go away.


We have a friend from Romania - Ingrid, who used to work with us in Poland and Aga though it would be a good idea to visit her mother while in Bucovina. Especially, having in mind her Polish roots. So we did - driving to Cacica (Kaczyka in Polish), a medium sized village with some ...

Following Saxons' trail

A travel blog entry by aga-and-maciek

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... bridge, which is renowned as Liar's Bridge. The biggest attraction had to be Orthodox Cathedral on Mitropoliei Str., which apparently is the smaller copy of Istambul's Hagia Sofia. We stayed in the center till it went dark, enjoying it's slow tempo and observing the locals (yet again I will refer you to one of the photographs which I particularly like and which is a live commercial of BILLA - a German originated supermarket )


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Bram Stoker's Big Adventure

A travel blog entry by haskalah

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... sky, I was seconds too early on catching the ominous flash of lightning that danced behind it. Appropriate. The lobby featured a few taxidermy tragedies and a crooked Hieronymous Bosch painting - also kind of appropriate.

Despite the rain, Ellen and I went exploring; many stayed at the hotel. The few who did come with us decided to part from us at some point, afraid we'd get in trouble for visiting a church (whose ...

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