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Tag: Romania
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It was a peaceful night at Camping Muddy Volcanoes apart from the volcanoes that were erupting inside Jones as Rog set off on a major snoring session. Earplugs were deployed and I finally got to sleep. As we’d decided to stay put, we had a lazy start to the day, which became even lazier when…
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In the last post, Jane set me up to be all knowledgable about the fortified churches. Unfortunately, I think the main interesting point of fortified churches is the fortified bit, not the church. Also, I know very little about churches just a tiny bit more than Jane and enough to bamboozle bore her. Prejmur is a fairly…
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We were woken by thundering rain which showed no signs of stopping. Plans for a night or two in the mountains and some hiking were postponed, and we drove the short hop to Bran. Bran is obviously famous for its castle and is a very popular tourist destination, mostly because it has been promoted by the…
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We walked Flynn in a loop around Viscri including a very short section (0.25% to be exact) of the Via Transylvanica a long distance path set up by Tășuleasa Social a Romania NGO between 2018 and 2022. The way is marked by a granite carvings. It’s similar to the Sustrans Millennium Markers in the UK but each Via Transylvania…
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We started the day with a walk back into Sighişoara. I’d hoped that The Spoon Man’s little shop would be open, selling (you’ll never guess) his carved spoons, as well as other higher quality souvenirs. But sadly the Spoon Man seemed to be on an extended break, perhaps on a fork-carving training session, so we…
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The car park at Sovata was near to a walk around the salty lakes which sounded perfect for Flynn’s constitutional. It led up past a few houses and then into the woods. I thought that this rock troll playing the flute would be the hilight of our walk. But, right next to the puddle Flynn…
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We said our fond farewells to Raul and Tina, who have been the most welcoming people ever, and given us a real insight into both present day Romania, and its more recent Communist past. Thank you both! We then both headed in our different directions. Our route took us back around the east side of…
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Departure came late chez Raoul, we were off by 10am. Headed kind of south to Suceava where Steven the Great set up rulership in the C15. The citadel was nice but like a lot of Romania it’s being renovated and the renovation is straying into “rebuilding”. There’s obviously a ship of Theseus argument but this…
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