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Snow was falling in Transylvania as we drove from our hotel near Brazov to Bran Castle. A snowfall this early in October is extremely rare but, for us, was not unwelcomed. This area of the Carpathian Mountains is covered by very tall, magnificent conifers and, cloaked in snow, the effect was magical. Bran Castle is billed as "Dracula's Castle" but the connection to Vlad Tepes, the historical figure who was the inspiration for the fictional Count Dracula more commonly known as "Vlad the Impaler, is tenuous. It is believed that Vlad the Impaler, the ruler of Wallacia (Southern Romania) might have been imprisoned briefly in the castle by the Hungarians, who controlled Transylvania at the time. In the afternoon we descended from the Carpathians and drove across the flat, bleak Wallachian Plain and returned to Bucharest. There we met Chris and Bob , who'd arrived from Philadelphia via London that afternoon. In the evening we had dinner at Caru cu Bere (The Beer Wagon), an ornate Bucharest landmark restaurant.

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The Savings Bank Palace (1900)

Savings Bank Palace, Calea Victoriei, BucharestAt the southern edge of Calea Victoriei the visitor encounters two monumental buildings erected around the same time, standing face to face, that define the Bucharest’s city-scape and the Belle Époque era at the turn of the 20th century, the former Postal Palace (1894-1900) and the Savings Bank Palace (1897-1900).
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The Savings Bank Palace

The Savings Bank Palace has been the headquarters of the oldest Romanian bank. The Deposit and Savings House is emblematic of the efforts of the political and economic elites to build the foundations of the public finances of the young Romanian state created after the Union of 1859. The Deposit House was set up in 1864, 16 years before the National Bank, being the first banking institution of the Romanian Principalities. The construction of a home worthy of its importance started in 1897, and King Carol I himself laid the cornerstone of the new building. The architect who designed the grandiose palace, Paul Gottereau, is one of the French architects active in the Kingdom of Romania in the late 19th century -he also designed the Carol I Royal Foundation’s building, today the University Library.
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The National Museum of Romanian History

The National Museum of Romanian History (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Istorie a României) is a museum on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times. The permanent displays include a plaster cast of the entirety of Trajan's Column, the Romanian Crown Jewels, and the Pietroasele treasure. The museum is located inside the former Postal Services Palace, which also houses a philatelic museum.
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The Savings Bank Palace (1900)

With its characteristic appearance and the imposing glass and metal dome, the Savings Palace is an iconic building of Bucharest. Currently, the palace is being readied to become the Art Museum of the City of Bucharest.
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Caru cu Bere Restaurant (The beer wagon)

The Caru' cu Bere (aka Carul cu Bere; "the beer wagon") is a bar and restaurant on Stavropoleos Street in the Lipscani district of Bucharest, Romania, opened in 1879 and moved to the current location, a gothic revival building designed by Austrian architect Siegfrid Kofczinsky, in 1899. It is noted for its interior decoration, in art nouveau style.
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Caru cu Bere Restaurant

The legendary beer house was opened in the late 19th century by the Transylvanian-born Nicolae Mircea who previously had done his apprenticeship as a publican (or tavern-keeper) in Bucharest. He traveled to Bavaria to get inspiration from the Bavarian beer houses and made a deal to supply him with the beer with the Romanian industrialist Dumitru Marinescu “Bragadiru”, who had opened a brewery just a few years earlier. In quite a short time Caru’ cu Bere became popular for the good beer and for the famous Romanian “mititei” (sausage-shaped, spiced ground meat grilled over charcoals, typical to this country), being frequented by writers and actors of the time. The owner used to support the students who came from Transylvania by giving them every day a free meal. Featuring a Romantic facade with Gothic medieval elements, Caru’ cu Bere delights with the carpentry, the frescoed walls, the gleaming brass and the stained glass windows of the interior, and is emblematic for the glittering Bucharest Belle
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