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Today was my favourite's birthday so I conceded extra sleep time. At last for breakfast we got some good hot coffee although bread was still stale.

Romania Travelogue - 6th June - Happy Birthday

Mike Krupel
2006-06-28 19:25:10

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Today was my favourite's birthday so I conceded extra sleep time. At last for breakfast we got some good hot coffee although bread was still stale.

After breakfast we called a taxi to take us to "Gara" to catch the bus to Bran, but as soon as we had almost arrived I realised that he was not taking us to the bus station so I told the driver "Bus to Bran". He gave me a sour look and called out "Auto Gara nu Gara" which I gathered to mean that I should have said "Auto Gara" for bus station. At this he sped across Brasov's streets ignoring red lights and all traffic rules and we managed to arrive at the bus station just in time for the 09:00 bus.

The bus took 40 minutes to arrive at Bran and with some common sense we located Bran Castle. It is a very imposing beautiful castle which I surely cannot adequately describe here. The photos will help you understand what I mean. In the middle of the castle there is a lovely courtyard and each room contains exhibits such as paintings, furniture, Madonnas, helmeted fireplaces and a huge chalice. One thing which kept me wondering in Bran Castle was how much more authentic would it have been were the walls not white washed with plaster and kept in their original form. This though hit me after we climbed a very narrow staircase with the original wall structure that is too nice to forget.

After the castle experience we brought a kilo of the reddest cherries at the marketplace outside the castle for 50,000lei and nibbled them till the bus arrived at 11:40. There are hourly buses to and from Brasov.

Upon arriving in Brasov we took a taxi to the train station this time to go to Sinaia. This train was an inter-city IC train and it was much better than the personal train to Curtea de Arges. At the only train stop a suspect person came to sit on a different seat at my left. The keen observation of my mate remarked that his only possession was a rolled newspaper in his hand which is the ...

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