The sun was back – perfect to visit the historic town of Nesebar at the Black Sea with its many churches on an “island”. The “Pearl of the Black Sea” – as Nesebar is called – is a rich city-museum defined by more than three millennia of ever-changing history. The ancient part of the settlement …
We left Romania to travel along the coast to Bulgaria, making a couple of interesting stops before we reached a lovely seaside resort. NON StOP COFFE @ the border When we left our camping at Mamaia north of Constanta, the weather made it easy to leave and travel on, in the hope of more sunshine …
Visiting the Danube Delta was a must when we reached this region. We took a boat from Tulcea, the hub for Delta tours. Cruising the Danube Delta Captain in control Navigating through the small channels of the delta The grey sky and cold wind made this trip not as enjoyable as it would have been …
From Bucharest we are now on the way to the Black Sea, travelling through villages and crossing the Danube to reach the coast near Constanta. Wallachia means “The Romanian Country” and is the historical region of Romania. Today it is the southern half of the country. This region is dominated by the Danube and the …
Today we visited the capital of Romania: Bucharest, and we had something to celebrate too! NO! It’s not Paris, it’s Bucharest! Freedom Memorial 1000 freedom fighters had lost their lives City of contrasts After wandering through the city, we had a special lunch on our agenda: we celebrated Edi’s birthday today! As it was a …
We were leaving Transylvania and drove over the last mountains into Wallachia, the southern region of Romania, and to the capital Bucharest. Slow traffic … Winding road again Gas was available everywhere in Romania Edi speaks perfectly Romanian with his hands 😉 Modern flat buildings at the outskirts of every town But not everybody can …
You haven’t been to Romania if you haven’t visited the castle of Dracula – or what the legend wants us to believe was the castle of this figure, invented by Bram Stoker. Yes, we visited before midnight! Bran Castle, or Törzburg in German, is a fortress situated on the Transylvanian side of the historical border …
… that is the famous Transfăgărășan – a mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It is the second-highest paved road in the country, after the Transalpina. It stretches 90 kilometres between the highest peaks in the country with over 2500 metres. The road, built in the early 1970s as a strategic military route, connects the …
Today we visited Sibiu – European Capital of Culture in 2007 and one of the most important cultural centres of Romania. It is the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons and a beautiful city full of live. It was ranked as “Europe’s 8th-most idyllic place to live” by Forbes in 2008. Hotel Imparatul Romanilor The Holy Trinity Cathedral was …
Travelling through Transylvania, we visited the star-shaped Romanian fortress in Alba Iulia and the tiny castle of Câlnik, but again there was so much to see while driving through the country. Beautiful houses, once property of the Transylvanian Saxons – a German-speaking minority in Rumania, are now abandoned as most of them left the country since …
