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BDVD.CAROL NR.24 Brasov, Transylvania, Romania

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A little history...and a statue - Part 1

A travel blog entry by newbeginnings

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... people.

Rome rapidly expands to become a dominant force in central Italy, due to divine favour and the inspired administrative, military and political leadership of Romulus. In later life Romulus becomes increasingly autocratic, disappears in mysterious circumstances and is deified as the god Quirinus, the divine persona of the Roman people.

The image of the she-wolf suckling the divinely fathered twins became an ...

A small detour

A travel blog entry by aga-and-maciek

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... the Orthodox priest called for us and gave us a blessing with myrrh. Apart from the main monastery building, was a small chapel in which an Orthodox priest was selling indulgences (you can make business our of everything). In fact, the entrance hall to the chapel was a small marketplace of gifts, souvenirs and religious icons. Was there something in the bible about Jesus throwing the shopkeepers out of the church...?


In the evening, ...

Heavy Metal Machine

A travel blog entry by mattscott

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... depressing, towns here and there, quite run down, and the horse and cart is still a common sight. Highways not too bad and we arrived just after sunset into our hotel, pretty nice, so i hit the mini-bar and sat back. Kicked off early..i.e 9am for our next destination of Budapest, one i've been eagerly awaiting on this trip. Drive was pretty normal...and nice not to see the death defying overtaking attemps that became the norm watching drivers in Romania and Bulgaria.
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Exploring Transylvania

A travel blog entry by bgill

... place. Several doors led to a steam room and sauna then massage room. I couldn't handle the steam room as it was so hot i could hardly breathe and it felt like it was scalding my legs! The sauna was intensely hot also but a bit more bearable. Of course i couldn't get any pictures and my descriptions don't do it justice but it was a great place to visit and i felt better for it.

There was just time to pick up my gear and a couple more ...

Dracula!

A travel blog entry by scottarobinson

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... get their eyes on. After being swarmed as soon as we left the station, we thought it was safer (especially for Sparkes ... details later), if we stayed inside. So we set up camp and awaited our 4am connection to Brasov. After a few gangs walking past, a guy who'd got beaten up and a dozen or so stray dogs passing by, our train arrived. One positive is that I did manage to grab this little beaut of the information lady who was having ...

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