At Bran Castle

Rain, but no snow, in Romania

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March 23rd 2007
Our first stop on Spring Break '07 was Bucharest, Romania. We left Alexandria at 9:00pm, drove to Cairo, took a 4:00am flight to Milan to catch a connection to Bucharest. We were exhausted and nearly incoherent by the time we arrived at 1:30 in the afternoon. After much ado, we rented a car, sat in rush hour traffic and finally made it into the city to look for a hotel room. Unfortunately, every ... read more

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest

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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more