Alba Iulia

The romanians are a mixture of Romans and Dacians, two ancient civilisations which mixed starting with 106 BC and finished by 276 with the retreat of the Roman troops from Moesia - their Dacian province, during Emperor's Aurelian reign. That's why ...

Hello Everyone! Have fun browsing through the pictures, reading the entries, etc. I'll try to keep up with this fairly regularly throughout the semester, but feel free to nudge me if I haven't posted in awhile. =)

This is a blog recording the activities of the GSE team from Rotary District 1090 - UK Thames Valley to District 2241 - Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The team members are Mike Cannon Team Leader - Member of Rotary Club of Marlow Thames Club ...

... in Romania. The next day, after a very early coffee, we visited the Unification Museum and the Roman site in the city But Alba Iulia really imposed itself as a strong city in the 18th century, when the fortification was called Alba Carolina and had an ...

Day 24 - Marco The trip to Alba Iulia started at Marcel and Ildiko's house, Marco's host "Mum and Dad". Marcel and Ildiko own a Dacia Dealership and Garage in Marghita. Dacia is the "National Car" and we were told that 52% of total Romanian Cars are ...

... and had lunch, back to the hotel to change and then we went on a guided walk of the old part of Alba Iulia with Manu Octavian, a member of Alba Iulia and his daughter as translator. Interesting walled area some reconstruction has taken place with more ...

Entry by Oonagh Day 25 Today was the second day of the conference. The highlight was getting a message at 1.45pm, to say our formal GSE presentation was due in 20 minutes, at the Cultural Centre,10 minutes away; and we were all quite under-prepared ...

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