Romanian Road Trip continued... (lots of pictures!)

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October 31st 2010

Published: October 31st 2010

Days 2 & 3: Brasov After our enchanting night at the "Loft of Heartache" we headed on to Brasov, Romania. http://www.romaniatourism.com/brasov.html Brasov is one of the seven walled citadels populated by the Saxons of Transylvania, which were known in German as the Siebenbürgen (seven boroughs). Brasov is a lovely town, with traditional foods and artwork reflecting both its Romanian and German r... Read Full Entry

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Nick & Kelsey

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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain (The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It) Taking Twain's words to heart, we're doing it! Traveling is a shared passion of ours and we have always talked about how neat it would be to work overseas. Then one day it hit me, the key is to stop talking about it and just go...so we're doing it. We are moving to Moldova, a small ... full info

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I took this picture while sitting at an outdoor cafe, watching the comings and goings of the square "Piata Sfatului".

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Walking home at night...on the lookout for black cats and other strange happenings!

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This is the guest house where we stayed, our window looked out at these grape vines.

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Breakfast at a French patisserie...cappuccino, quiche, and sweets!

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Up early to hike Mt. Tampa.

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We met some fellow travelers, and hiked with them...Mihai from Romania, living in Canada and Kong from South Korea, living in Hungary.

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View of Black Church from the top of Mt. Tampa.

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View from behind the "Hollywood" sign.

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View of Piata Sfatului from Mt. Tampa.

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A little shout out to our Ella, carved in a monument at the top of Mt. Tampa :)

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The original gate to the city.

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A cozy little place we had lunch called "Bella Musica". It was down in this cave-like cellar and you could make song requests from a 'music menu'. Choices consisted of Celine Dion, Bon Jovi, and more!

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A very traditional dish served everywhere in Transylvania...bean and pork soup served in a bread bowl. MMMMM!

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