Romania

13 - 25 October, 1999



Brasov's Central Square.  Old Town Hall (1420) with 58 meter Trumpeter's Tower (1582)

Brasov - Gothic Black Church used by German Lutherans.

Brasov - St. Nicolae din Scheii (1595).  Black-Spired Orthodox Church.

Brasov - Lots of cabbage in Eastern Europe!   Selling it by mega kg here.  Check out new pink gloves!  It was cold and snowy!

 
 

Bran Castle (1378).  Served as Toll station to regulate trade between Translvania and Wallachia.  Advertised as Dracula's castle.  Many passages in this 57 room fortress.

Bran Castle - The music room.  Queen Mary lived here during the summer.  Romanian Style.

The view of Translvania from Bran Castle.  Men with cows on the road.

View of Bran Castle from below.

Risnov  - Horse and wagon can be seen in smaller towns like this one.   Heading to town for supplies.

Sinaia - Inside courtyard of magnificent Peles Castle, built in late 1800s for first Romanian King, Carol I.

Sinaia - Peles Castle

Sinaia - Peles Castle

Grounds of Peles Castle

Bucharest - Ateneul Roman (1888).  City's main concert hall.

Bucharest - Piata Revolutiei.  Heart of the 1989 Revolution.  Building used to be Central Committee of the Communist Party. 

Bucharest - Chamber of Deputies within Patriarchal Palace and Cathedral.

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