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 dates back to 1846. It houses the first translation of the bible into Romanian using the Cyrillic alphabet.
Later we visited the Snagov Monastery and the lake island where Vlad the Impaler’s body, less head, is purported to be buried.
Later that evening we were served dinner in the Palace of Parliament. Long Day!
