Blogs from Transilvania, Romania, Europe - page 31

Transylvania - Brasov (Marzo 31, Abril 1 y 2) Aca empieza mi primer viaje al interior de Rumania y que mejor lugar para comenzar que Transilvanya, la cuna de Dracula o Vlad Tepes (Pura historia y una buena forma de ganar dinero con el turismo enganado). El domingo por la manana tome un tren de la Gare de Nord en Bucharest a Brasov donde tenia planeado quedarme con Julian un couchsurfer que resulto bastante simpatico. El tren dura aproximadamente 2.5 horas y cuesta 76 Ron $32 ida y vuelta, si un poco caro la verdad pero bueno por dicha no inverti en hostel y la comida no es tan cara. Ya renuncie a la idea de visitar museos por que cada vez son 5 o 10 Ron y a este ritmo y con la cantidad de ... read more

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Ruins of Dacian Cities can be found at Capalna and Craiva, but the most atractive and well preserved are the old cities of Alba Iulia, Sebes and Aiud. The castles and places are important touristic sights due to their external and internal architecture, being built in epoch style. Remarkable, in this respect, are The Princely Palace and The Episcopal Palace of Alba Iulia, the building of The National Museum of Unification which is also in Alba Iulia, or Bethlen Gabor College in Aiud. In some places varied medieval mansions are also well preserved, being declared monuments of architecture, examples are: Sard, Ighiu, Telna, Galda de Jos, Vintu de Jos, Vurpar, Ocna Mures, Sanmiclaus, Cetatea de Balta, Sancrai.... read more

Happy Holidays! Well, we once again find ourselves tardy on the blog front. So, we would simply like to make a short note of what we have been up to and present you with our favorite pictures from the late summer, fall and the holidays. The glossy overview: This summer we were blessed to have friends and both sets of parents, Alecia and Chris brothers and Erin (Scott, Chris brother’s fiancé) here. We had a fabulous time with everone traveling around Maramuresh (famous for its wooden churches), Bucovina (famous for painted monasteries), and Szekelfold our little corner of Transilvania. Highlights included introducing everyone to local cuisine, taking some good hikes in the summer meadows and trying our greenhorn hands at goat milking. Chris and Alecia spent time with friends too, including Mark (the other boy flautist ... read more

Read this article on Roadjunky at http://www.roadjunky.com/article/1771/halloween-in-transylvania-bring-your-own-blood The Romanians just don’t know how to build a Dracula theme park. Communism took all the initiative out of them. I hurried along the dusty, cobbled streets of Sighisoara, trying to find my way back to the empty hotel near the train tracks. Around every corner, I had to dodge open graves and the leers from men standing inside them with shovels. The story ran through my mind about a 15th century prince who was captured by Vlad Tepes not far from here and forced to read his own funeral oration as he knelt before an open grave. It was dusk, last Halloween day. I had expected to arrive in town alongside thousands of tourists on a pilgrimage because apart from a little town in Mexico, where pumpkins are ... read more