We were leaving Transylvania and driving over the last mountains into Walachia, the southern region of Romania and to the capital Bucharest.
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| Slow traffic … |
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| Winding road again |
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| Gas was available everywhere in Romania |
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| Edi speaks perfectly Romanian with his hands 😉 |
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| Modern apartment buildings at the outskirts of every town |
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| But not everybody can afford them |
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| Lunch break |
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| Cheia Monastery |
Cheia Monastery, a Romanian Orthodox complex of monks dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was destroyed by the Ottomans in 1770. The current monastery church was built of stone between 1835 and 1839. The murals were painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu in 1837.
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| Bell tower |
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| Romanian Orthodox church |
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| Getting closer to Bucharest |
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| Relaxing evening at the Camping … |
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| … with grilled veggies, potatoes and Rumanian wine |
