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Scenic Cruising on the Danube
... Gates were created by the Danube carving a passage through the Carpathian and Balkan Mountains creating a series of four steep gorges called The Iron Gates. Because by 1972 the current through this area was so strong, ships could not pass, 2 dams were built. There are also 2 hydroelectric stations providing energy for Romania and ...
Last day in Bulgaria
After breakfast, we took a motor coach for about an hour to Belogradschick which means little white town. There we saw spectacular rock formations formed by millennia of weathering, river erosion, freezing and other factors. The formations look like people, towers, ships, mushrooms animals etc. There are many legends associated with these figures. We ...
Day 21 Aug 2 (164km) It You Slatina Not Me
... they looked fine. He would not give me a receipt as he seemed to not understand what I was saying. I am sure he pocketed the money for himself and there was no trail of my being there.
I walked around looking for a grocery store and I got a bad vibe. I am not saying I felt in danger but close. I did not feel very welcomed and could not trust anyone to not scam me in some way. There was nothing nice in the area. I ...
Gritty City
... to go through. The roof was all tapestries, and there were massive chandeliers which hung over a red carpet walkway from the back to the front of the church right up the middle.
After leaving the church, we walked only a couple more blocks before climbing stairs in the direction of the fortress. It seemed that we had entered a park with a vantage point overlooking the Danube River. Walking along the top of the hill, we came upon a series of ...
Uninviting Craiova
... the Danube, which we explored for about half an hour. It's an interesting little castle with moat and seems to get used for movie settings.
As we wanted to make our way as far as possible into Romania that day, we managed to get a lift to the ferry dock with 2 friendly locals, as that's the way over the river and the border. The construction of a bridge connecting the 2 countries is (still) in progress. Once we had entered Romania at the small village of Calafat, we made our ...