Category Archives: Pre-tour

Pele’s Castle and Sinaia Monastery

Posted on 2015-05-22 by andy

Early start this morning to go to Pele’s Castle, the summer residence of King Carlo I. It’s the first European castle with central heating , electricity and vacuuming. Later we visited Sinaia Monastery, home to about 20 monks.The orthodox church … Continue reading →

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Touring Bucharest

Posted on 2015-05-21 by andy

Today I toured Bucharest with my new friends Don and Eleonore.  We visited Carl I Park (closed today), an Orthodox church and a tried to visit a Jewish synagogue. Had some trouble with that, since today  is like our Memorial … Continue reading →

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