Hotel Miruna Brasov
51-Drumul Sulinar Street, Poiana Brasov Brasov, Transylvania, 500001, Romania
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Day 3/4 in Brasov
... to parallel ski, I was taught incorrectly and more or less had to start from scratch to improve my technique, and Ioana was skiing by herself to the bottom of the beginners hill. At the end of the morning we all went up in the gondola to take some photos, and I skiied down by myself.
Before lunch I went with Tibi to visit the firm where he works, and saw the various machines used to fabricate the molds. Then we had lunch, ...
Bad Weather Day...
... t...well I am not really sure why I was being watched like a hawk (must be my suspicious looking character) and followed. Maybe they knew about my propensity to take old rocks from places....
After looking through the museum, I went back onto Republic Street. I needed a pair of boots for the snow, in case the weather continued to be so bad. I found a pair of really good snow boots for a good price and bought them. I then went to the photo ...
Vampires, and Bratwurst, and Beers! Oh, my!
... smoke in the air that it darkened the stones of the church, making them black. Although the black seems to have faded a bit in the 300+ years since the fire, the Black Church name remains. The Black Church is home to a massive old pipe organ that has over 4000 pipes and we were able to attend a classical music concert at the church that used the pipe organ. On the night of the concert there was a heavy storm which made getting to the church more challenging ...
No 24 hour k-mart in Transylvania
... br>
Brasov is beautiful. I caught the bus from the train station to the hostel and my heart skipped a beat - the sun was shining on the cobblestoned Ter (or square), which was full of locals enjoying coffee and conversation - all of this against a backdrop of mountains. I'm excited about this town.
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Bran + Rasnov -> Brasov ≠ Hollywood
... not in any way part of the Dracula stereotype. Not that I really expected bodies in a dungeon or anything, but gloomy cavernous rooms with bare stone walls would be more in line with my Dracula's castle ideas. We probably wouldn't have gone quite that far out of our way to see it if we knew. Maybe that's what they bank on...
After having lunch and getting on the bus back, we managed to spot the fortress at Rasnov (turns out we weren't looking high enough) and ...


