Peleș Castle - Transylvania, Romania
Too beautiful to resist a second post!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Peleș Castle...what a palace should look like!
Peleș Castle - Transylvania, Romania
The castle was inaugurated in 1883
and built for King Carol I of Romania (1839 - 1914)
the Saxon influence is strong and leaves a breathtaking impression,
particularly in the palace's courtyard
Some more information Peleș Castle
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Sinaia Monastery
The Sinaia Monastery's Great Church in Sinaia, Transylvania, Romania
inside the Old Church
the Monastery was founded in 1695
and named after the Sinai Monastery (Saint Catherine's Monastery) on Mount Sinai
inside the Old Church
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Count Dracula, I am glad we did not meet
Bran Castle - Transylvania, Romania; Forever associated with the Dracula legend
(Because one post just wasn't enough)
the entrance to the castle
outside the highest room
out into the courtyard
the well in the courtyard
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the main character observes Count Dracula scaling down the side of his castle
My bets is this would be the creepiest one to have seen him crawling down
The Dracula Legend and is he really the nasty Vlad Tepes?
Friday, May 20, 2011
Entering the Land of Dracula: Bran Castle
Bran Castle of the Dracula legend-- Romania
the courtyard at Bran Castle
the castle
Transylvania, Romania
the fort
the castle
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Brasov: Entering Transylvania
The Black Church - Brasov, Romania
the church got its name from a 1689 fire that raged killing 3,000
Brasov in glorious Transylvania
City Center - Brasov
The Rasnov, Romania, citadel -- built around 1215 by the Teutonic Knights.
It was only conquered once in 1600
Saturday, May 14, 2011
A Village Within a City
Orthodox icons at the Dimitrie Gusti National Village Musuem - Bucharest, Romania
There aren't walls this white and windows this blue in Dakar - Bucharest
Lake Herăstrău -- Herăstrău Park, Bucharest
Lake Herăstrău from the Village Musuem (Muzeul Satului)
the Village Musuem
a windmill at the Village Musuem
Lake Herăstrău
What is Bucharest's Village Musuem?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The Athenaeum & Arc de Triumph...in Bucharest
The Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest's own Arc de Triumph
The beautiful Athenaeum opened in 1888
The Arc was built in 1922
It honors the bravery of the Romanian men who fought in World War I
Bucharest
What's the Athenaeum?!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Every Communist Dictator Needs a People's Palace...
The Palace of the Republic built by Nicolae Ceauşescu- Bucharest, Romania
but many Romanians call it the People's Palace
View of Bucharest from the Palace
the second largest office building in the world...behind the Pentagon
Bucharest
More on the Palace...apparently it's also the world's heaviest building.
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