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Hotel Pestera Targoviste

Parcul Natural Bucegi Cota 1600 Targoviste, Romania

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... not being able to climb even 100 stairs to just climbing 1480. In February I could not walk 1 km, let alone the 20 km I had done in Northern Romania. He looked at me and said, "you should be very proud".

I have never been so proud of myself as I was in that moment in time on top of a mountain, in Dracula's castle on a beautiful sunny day in Romania...I knew in that moment that I was going to be fine. No matter what challenges life threw at me, ...

This is for you Opa

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... decorated inside, very heavy timber carvings and modelled on German architecture. I was not aware until then that the King was actually German and uprooted himself and wife to rule Romania. He had no son so handed over to his nephew. Very beautiful area here and very popular as a week end getaway by locals wanting to escape the hustle and bustle of the cities. Also managed to visit the inside of a once Casino now exhibition centre thanks to Catalin's ...

Day 7 - Targoviste Part 1

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... and research capability. Now a large amount of the teaching team are taken directly from the graduating student pool, Marinela being 1 example. As a result the University is very young, dynamic, and keen to grow and progress. This is reflected that Valahia University is currently ranked 7th in Romania out of 45 State and approx 24 Private Universities. Our first meeting was with the Dean of the Economics Faculty, ...

Day 7 - Targoviste Part 2

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... too. We started the tour in the the real-life twig collage, at the private art school, Centrul Createi Populare, where Mihai holds studio classes for students of all ages. He is keen to differentiate between the 'studio' and 'crochiu' styles, i.e.: long studies and sketches; and also between sculptural, pictorial and graphic styles, which you can see depicted in one of the pictures. Coming from a ...

Day 6 - Day in Targoviste

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... the puppies who with their Mum have taken residence on the waste ground outside the block. There are many stray dogs in Romania, who greet every car arrival as there is the, unlikely, possibility of food. Our first stop was the restaurant, Taverna Daciler where we had dined last night and breakfast was taken. I had omelette and coffee. Back to the bus and onto the market - this is mainly a covered market, on the way ...