Romania - Brasov area

Trip Start Jul 29, 2007
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Trip End Sep 02, 2007


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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Last night we slept over in Sinaia, a tourist town located in the mountains about 2 hours drive north from Bucharest. The air was fresh and it was so peaceful.
After we had breakfast we packed up and left to do some sight seeing. The first stop was at Peles castle. It is located in a spot that you would only see in movies - it was magic. Look at the photos to see the surroundings.
We took an english speking tour of the castle. It's a shame I don't have any pictures from inside - the were asking about $16 to take pictures. At the time I thaught it wasn't worth it but maybe I should have done it.
From then on we left to go to a town called Bran where we had lunch. In Bran is the castle associated with Dracula. The castle was built on top of a hill 700 years ago and was primarily used for fighting off enemies. It was only given to monarchy in 18 century who then refurbished it and made it their "Summer" residence.
We couldn't see more today due to road works and traffic jam (2 hours!!! for about 10 kms).
From Bran we headed to Piatra Neamt (Roxy's home town) where we arrived at 10:3pm. On the way to Piatra we passed through Brasov, Onesti and Bacau.

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On the porch On the porch Nature - Sinaia Nature - Sinaia View from our Bedroom View from our Bedroom On laneway On laneway
View View 1-View 1-View Sinaia Monastery Sinaia Monastery 1-Sinaia Monastery 1-Sinaia Monastery
This is just one house (very big) This is just one house (very big) Forrest Forrest Creek Creek 1-Creek 1-Creek
Peles Castle Peles Castle Roxy & Vlad in fron of Peles Castle Roxy & Vlad in fron of Peles Castle 2-Creek 2-Creek 1-Peles Castle 1-Peles Castle
In front of Peles Castle In front of Peles Castle 1-In front of Peles Castle 1-In front of Peles Castle 2-Peles Castle 2-Peles Castle 3-Peles Castle 3-Peles Castle
4-Peles Castle 4-Peles Castle 5-Peles Castle 5-Peles Castle 6-Peles Castle 6-Peles Castle 7-Peles Castle 7-Peles Castle
8-Peles Castle 8-Peles Castle 9-Peles Castle 9-Peles Castle Nature around Peles Castle Nature around Peles Castle 1-Nature around Peles Castle 1-Nature around Peles Castle
View from the car View from the car 1-View from the car 1-View from the car 2-View from the car 2-View from the car Town Hall Town Hall
3-View from the car 3-View from the car 4-View from the car 4-View from the car 5-View from the car 5-View from the car 6-View from the car 6-View from the car
7-View from the car 7-View from the car 8-View from the car 8-View from the car Bran Castle (Dracula) Bran Castle (Dracula) Walkway to Bran Castle (Dracula) Walkway to Bran Castle (Dracula)
1-Bran Castle (Dracula) 1-Bran Castle (Dracula) Entrance to Bran Castle (Dracula) Entrance to Bran Castle (Dracula) Us with Roxy's mum Us with Roxy's mum 2-Bran Castle (Dracula) 2-Bran Castle (Dracula)
Some handsome man Some handsome man 3-Bran Castle (Dracula) 3-Bran Castle (Dracula) 4-Bran Castle (Dracula) 4-Bran Castle (Dracula) 5-Bran Castle (Dracula) 5-Bran Castle (Dracula)
6-Bran Castle (Dracula) 6-Bran Castle (Dracula) Some pretty lady Some pretty lady 7-Bran Castle (Dracula) 7-Bran Castle (Dracula) 1-Roxy at the top of Bran Castle (Dracula) 1-Roxy at the top of Bran Castle (Dracula)
Roxy's mum Roxy's mum Us the th top of the castle Us the th top of the castle Roxy with view Roxy with view 1-Roxy with view 1-Roxy with view
8-Bran Castle (Dracula) 8-Bran Castle (Dracula) The bed in Bran Castle (Dracula) The bed in Bran Castle (Dracula) 9-Bran Castle (Dracula) 9-Bran Castle (Dracula) 10-Bran Castle (Dracula) 10-Bran Castle (Dracula)
Close up of the bed Close up of the bed Roxy Roxy 1-Us at the castle 1-Us at the castle 11-Bran Castle (Dracula) 11-Bran Castle (Dracula)
2-View 2-View 12-Bran Castle (Dracula) 12-Bran Castle (Dracula) 13-Bran Castle (Dracula) 13-Bran Castle (Dracula) Roxy on the way out Roxy on the way out
View from outside the castle View from outside the castle Here is a grave of a princess Here is a grave of a princess 14-Bran Castle (Dracula) 14-Bran Castle (Dracula) 15-Bran Castle (Dracula) 15-Bran Castle (Dracula)
Roxy on the way out of the castle Roxy on the way out of the castle Castle surroundings Castle surroundings Tourist area Tourist area Witch Witch
9-View from the car 9-View from the car 10-View from the car 10-View from the car 11-View from the car 11-View from the car Rasnov Castle Rasnov Castle
12-View from the car 12-View from the car Look at the size of these pants Look at the size of these pants Brasov Brasov
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