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- Sarmale
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- The horse without the wagon
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- Great Restaurant!
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- Bran Castle
Early this morning we set out for Brasov-Romania’s 2nd largest city and Bran Castle. I took photos of the journey to the town and castle. We passed the oil fields and refineries. Summer and winter cottages and various sites along the route.
Brasov has many bohemian cafes and a mecca of restaurants. After a brief walk around we stopped at Sergiana’s restaurant for Transylvanian sour soup and a Romanian dish with grape-leaf wrapped rice and beef (sort of like stuffed cabbage). Then off to the Bran Castle.
This is the castle that housed Vlad Tepes (the impaler) in 1462 when he was fleeing from the Turks. The castle has been used as summer royal residence intill the adication of King Michael in 1947. Because of the book Dracula, the castle has been designated as Dracula’s castle. The place was unbelievably crowded with tourist!
The present owners – descendants of the royal family, contemplating selling it for about $135 million. As we were leaving I purchased a bottle of local plum brandy. I will be trying it later.
Tomorrow off to the Black Sea and the river journey.