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2013-10-03-Transylvania, Romania

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Dec 04, 2013
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Carpathian foothills dusted by snow

Bran Castle, also known as Dracula's Castle (Bran Castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on DN73. Commonly known as "Dracula's Castle" although it is one among several locations linked to the Dracula legend, including Poenari Castle and Hunyad Castle. It is said to be the home of the titular character in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. There is, however, no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle, which has only tangential associations with Vlad III, voivode of Wallachia a/k/a Vlad the Impaler, the putative inspiration for Dracula.)

Bran Castle Grounds

Snowman near Bran Castle

Romanian Snowman

Cottage near Bran Castle

Cottage near Bran Castle

An unusual sight: A Weeping Willow in the snow

Bran Castle grounds

Ascending to the castle

The castle looms

The final climb to the castle

Cross on the castle grounds

A little patch work required

Interior-Bran Castle

Interior-Bran Castle

Interior-Bran Castle

Georgia emerges from "the secret staircase"

Interior-Bran Castle

Well-Bran Castle

Tom at Bran Castle

Orthodox Chapel below Bran Castle

Georgia at Bran Castle

Paul and Georgia at the Castle

Intricate woodwork inside the castle

Vlad the Implaer

Tutonic Knight garb

Boo! Count Dracula

Dutch Oven, Bran Castle

Dutch Oven, Bran Castle

Courtyard-Bran Castle

Heraldry-Bran CAstle

Intricate lock-Bran Castle

Paul stands tall in the castle

Our Bulgarian Guide, Kilin

Georgia and Laurie

Paul, Laurie and Tom in the courtyard

Paul, Laurie and Georgia in the castle courtyard

The grim work of Vlad the Impaler

Georgia and Laurie outside Bran Castle

Paul, Laurie and Georgia at Bran Castle

Paul channeling his inner Vlad the Impaler

View from Bran Castle

View from Bran Castle

Bran Castle Grounds

Bran Castle Grounds

Bran Castle Grounds

Bran Castle Grounds

Bran Castle Grounds

Bran Castle Grounds

Bran Castle Grounds

Manor house near Bran Castle

Old shop houses near Bran Castle

Near Bran Castle

Near Bran Castle

Transylvanian Tower near Bran Castle

Snow dusted hills near Bran Castle

Toothy paint scheme

The Carpathians dusted by snow

The Carpathians dusted by snow

The Carpathians dusted by snow

Slippery Transylvanian Roads

The Carpathians dusted by snow

The cross, mountain and snow-Transylvania

Romania's colors snap in the Transylvanian snowstorm

Unusual early October snowstorm in Transylvania

Ski resort in the Carpathians

Country Church in the Carpathians

A Carpathian ski chalet

Lunch time in Transylvania

Lunch time in Transylvania

Lunch time in Transylvania

Lunch time in Transylvania

Transylvanian architectural motif

Transylvanian architectural motif

Transylvanian architectural motif

Transylvanian Cemetary

The Carpathians

Hay shelter, Transylvania

The Carpathians

Autumn colors in the Carpathians

Village of the dead, Transylvania

Haystack, Transylvania

Autumn palate, Transylvania

Ancient stone bridge, Transylvania

Lumbering is important to the local economy

Autumnal hues in Romania

Railroad Bridge over a dry bed, Transylvania

A shepherd tends his flock

Memorial en route back to Bucharest

Farm on the Wallachian plain

The Wallachian plain

The Wallachian plain

Casa Scanteii (“House of the Spark”, 1957)

Casa Scanteii (“House of the Spark”, 1957), Bucharest (A replica of the famous “Lomonosov” Moscow State University, this edifice built in the characteristic style of the large-scale Soviet projects, was intended to be representative to the new political regime and to assert the superiority of the Communist doctrine. Construction started in 1952 and was completed in 1957, a few years after Stalin’s death that occurred in 1953. Popularly known as Casa Scanteii (“House of the Spark”) after the name of the official gazette of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, Scanteia, it was made for the purpose of bringing together under one roof all of Bucharest’s official press and publishing houses. It is the only building in Bucharest featuring the “Hammer and Sickle”, the Red Star and other communist insignia carved into medallions adorning the façade.)

Top of the Atheneum, Bucharest

The Atheneum, Bucharest's Philharmonic (On one of the oldest and most representative artery which is Calea Victoriei, across the former Royal Palace, stands the Athenaeum, the celebrated symbol of the national culture, a prominent architectural and cultural heritage. As an institution dedicated to the “endowment of people with useful knowledge”, the Athenaeum Cultural Society had been founded as far back as 1865, but the construction of a suitable building started only three decades later, i.e. in 1886. The architect was the French Albert Galleron, who is also responsible for the construction of the National Bank Palace.)

Carol I Royal Foundation Palace (1891-1893, enlarged 1914) (The statue of King Carol I stands proudly in the middle of the Palace Square, in front of the beautiful building bearing on the frontispiece the King’s name: “Fundatiunea Universitara Carol I”, “Carol I University Foundation”. Preoccupied with increasing the quality of education at all levels, in 1891, with the occasion of 25 years of his reign, King Carol I decided to create a library to be used by university students. “Choosing Ourselves the place of the future building, We wanted it to rise close to Our residence, under Our eyes and protection” The King revealed in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister.The King and the Queen personally donated a large part of the initial book endowment of the library.The Library was heavily damaged during the events of the December 1989 Revolution, when the roof was engulfed by fire. Thousands of manuscripts and rare books of inestimable value perished. Rehabilitation of the building and of the damaged books, records and collections lasted more than 10 yea)

The Rebirth Memorial Eternal Glory to the Romanian Revolution and Its Heroes from December 1989″, (Nobody in Bucharest seems to like this monument which was added to the Revolution Square in 2005. Even though its official name is “The Rebirth Memorial Eternal Glory to the Romanian Revolution and Its Heroes from December 1989″, the citizens of Bucharest refer to it by various names including “potato on a stick” (the most common one) or “the donut/nut/meatball on a spike”, “the olive on a toothpick”, “the brain skewered on a spike” etc. Apparently its modern design has not appealed at all to the citizens of Bucharest. It is so controversial that last year some of the candidates for the seat of mayor of Bucharest declared that in case they will be elected they will move or demolish the monument)

Statue of King Carol I

The Rebirth Memorial Eternal Glory to the Romanian Revolution and Its Heroes from December 1989

The National Museum of Art of Romania, Formrly the Royal Palace. (The National Museum of Art of Romania (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Artă al României) is located in the former royal palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1837.[1] It features notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family. The museum was damaged during the 1989 Romanian Revolution that led to the downfall of Nicolae Ceaușescu. In 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public, housing the modern Romanian collection and the international collection; the comprehensive Medieval art collection, which now features works salvaged from monasteries destroyed during the Ceaușescu era, reopened in spring 2002.)

Orthodox Church, Bucharest

Orthodox Church, Bucharest

The Odeon Theater (The Odeon Theatre (Teatrul Odeon in Romanian) is a theatre in Bucharest, Romania, located on Calea Victoriei, and is one of the best-known performing arts venues in Bucharest. As an institution, it descends from the Teatrul Muncitoresc CFR Giuleşti, founded 1946; it moved to its current location, the Sala Majestic, in 1974. In 1990, after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the theatre changed its name from Giuleşti to Odeon. In 1993, it won the Romanian Theatre of the Year Award.

The theatre was built in 1911, and previously housed the Comedy Theatre of the Romanian National Theatre. It is part of a complex that includes a building with apartments and stores (to its north) and the Majestic Hotel (to its south).)

The Club of the National Army (The grand Cercul Militar National was built in 1912, on the site of the former Sarindar Monastery, to be a social, cultural and educational centre for Romanian army officers. It was designed in French neo-Classical style by French architect Ernest Doneaud and Romanian architects Dumitru Maimarolu and Victor Stefanescu.)

The Club of the National Army

The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, built between 1897 and 1900

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).)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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)

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

At Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

At Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

Caru cu Bere Restaurant

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