Visit Romania!

[edyzmedieval]

Wanted to update this a bit, with a little rising sun over the city of Brasov in the summer.




Taken from - www.facebook.com/273.ro

[Strike For The South]

Bring me your women

[Fragony]

Bring me your women

Absolutily. Give me your lust and your sorrow, and everything inbetween

[SwordsMaster]

So, will be visiting Bucha-town for work for a whole week - 9 days in early August. Any highlights? Must sees/dos? Any warnings? Any good places to eat/drink/be merry?

[Ibrahim]

Around two, three weeks ago - Welcome to snowed Romania, where the snow can reach even five metres on the side of the road.





Also, I wanted the wonderful Facebook album I so often quoted. Check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...5770909&type=1

it can be 9-10m in Michigan....this is more like Silverton and it's surrounding mountains (mainly the mountains), where the snow could be up to 20 feet as late as June.

[edyzmedieval]

So, will be visiting Bucha-town for work for a whole week - 9 days in early August. Any highlights? Must sees/dos? Any warnings? Any good places to eat/drink/be merry?

Ahhh, there's plenty to be enchanted about Swords! Must do - party. Muse see - the museums, concert halls and the general spectacle of Bucharest. Lipscani (the Old Town) is a must, and will probably turn into the first place you will see.

Places to eat? Depends on the budget. Zexe and Locanta Jaristea for Romanian food (along wth Caru' Cu Bere), plenty of other restaurants if you want international cuisine.

Be merry? A bit of shameless advertising here, but I outlined them all here in specific detail - http://www.randomwander.com/bucharest-nightlife/


Oh, and Strike buddy, you have to come here and get them.

[edyzmedieval]

Here's a couple of pictures from the trip through rural Romania! Transylvania was the target, with a little trip to Viscri as well, Prince Charles' Romanian spot.




Tower of Stefan, Baia Mare







Fortified Gothic Church in Viscri







Fortified Church in Rotbav







Green fields







Church tower of the Cluj Cathedral









Bit of shameless advertising here, but if you want more pictures, I wrote a blog post about the whole trip - http://www.randomwander.com/rural-romania/

[edyzmedieval]

A little rural Romanian landscape.

[Fragony]

Really gorgeous

[edyzmedieval]

[Fragony]

I especially like these fortified churches and monasteries, never seen a thing like that. Got some background to share

[Myth]

I especially like these fortified churches and monasteries, never seen a thing like that. Got some background to share

The Ottoman Empire. Muslim turks raping&pillaging and generally not being fond of christian temples. Every monastery in Bulgaria that survived is walled off and built with thick stone. Still a great number of those more easily accessible (read, not built high in the mountains) had been torched and razed at least once before.

BTW I'm going to Bucharest tomorrow (been there several times), I really enjoy that pedestrain area with all the pubs and the restaurant with the large internal plaza and live music.

[Fragony]

Take a nap and set your alarm clock at 12 AM, at night it's kinda different you will never be innocent again

[Myth]

Heh, unfortunately it's meetings with managers and QBRs for me... My GF lives just across the Danube in Ruse, but I won't be able to see her eitehr. I'll be wtih the boss man, and he's insufferable.

[edyzmedieval]

I especially like these fortified churches and monasteries, never seen a thing like that. Got some background to share

Myth is quite right on some aspects.

The idea behind them was to protect, and almost all of these fortified churches and monasteries (mainly those in Transylvania at least) were built by the peasants to protect themselves. The Moldavian monasteries were built mainly by the voievode (domnitor / voievod), but with the same idea in mind - protect the local community around the church.

Most of them haven't been ever razed, and quite a few of them survived numerous assaults.

Enjoy Lipscani Myth!

[edyzmedieval]

Sleepy mountains.





http://www.facebook.com/273.ro

[edyzmedieval]

A little picture of the interior of Bran, or how it's known, Dracula's Castle.

[Empire*Of*Media]

I cant believe how Romania is beautiful!! now im happy that i loved Romania before!!
Viva RomaniA !!!!! (what is Hello - Thank u - bye -and Viva InRomanian?!?!)

just 1 question,,,,,,is romania still having its folk culture like croatia or norway or sweden or they have been influenced and ordered by the NEW WORLD ORDER too?!?!

[edyzmedieval]

Hello - Buna! (or Buna Ziua, which means Good Day!)

Thank you! - Multumesc! (informal - Mersi!)

Bye - La Revedere!

Viva - Viva

[edyzmedieval]

Since scary Halloween is coming up, perhaps a little outlook on Dracula should be a starting point for your costume on the 31st.





So what is the real story behind Dracula? Are the legends to be believed? Was Vlad as bloodthirsty as he was depicted? Did he really love to impale people for his own cruel fun? :hmm:


Short answer, yes. Longer answer, no. Vlad was not different from any of the other princes and kings, but he had his unique methods. Given the fact that he stayed on the throne for so long with such a ghastly preference… well, that says a lot.

His little reputation of a blood thirsty monster came from German pamphlets spread throughout Transylvania and Europe that depicted him as far as the imagination could go. One of the main reasons for this legendary cruelty was his relative tactic of impalement – a number of historical sources mention Vlad conducting raids south of the Danube into Ottoman territory. The men, women and children were impaled and displayed down the Danube and along the roads, shocking both the invading Ottoman army and the already frightened locals. Vlad had frequent battles and wars with the far more numerous Ottomans, so he had to resort to everything he could do defend his little principality.






Despite what everyone thinks, Bran is not Dracula’s castle.

In fact, Vlad Tepes had nothing to do with Bran, which was built first by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. The splendid castle you see today was taken care of by Queen Marie of Romania back in 1921, fully restored by 1929. Vlad on the other hand had his own castle called Poenari, and the legend of Poenari is just as interesting as the Dracula created by Mr. Stoker.

During the end of the 15th century, around 1460, Vlad had to create his own stronghold that would guard the pass between Wallachia and Moldavia. Right on top of a rock, guarding the flowing river and the snaking roads underneath, Vlad rebuilt the castle of Poenari established back in the 13 century. But this castle wouldn’t be rebuilt by simple workers – no, no. This is Vlad, and Vlad hated his boieri (nobles) for constantly plotting against him.

According to legend, Vlad used the boieri as unskilled workers, breaking their backs as they carried the heavy stones to the top of the rock. Scores of them died, but the castle was completed and it soon became operational and quite useful for Vlad’s defence purposes. In reality, he used specialised workers, but back then even the smallest bits of gossip ended up as truth.

Tepes was a different kind of king. He wanted to defend his principality at all costs and as such used every tactic he could think of, making him one of the more popular Romanians (if you can call him that) in history.

Impaling people was relatively common in the medieval age but he brought it into public perception.




If you want to have the complete story, I outlined a couple of more bits on a post - http://www.randomwander.com/draculas-little-legend/


Oh, and enjoy your Halloween! I hope Vlad makes your party more enjoyable

[Fragony]

Well he did was kinda naughty, first known case of biological warfare. He send out plague victims to infiltrate enemy lines, and even catapulted plague victims into cities. That's just rude

[edyzmedieval]

That's just rude

[A Nerd]

Nice to see this thread is still going edyz. Your pictures of Romania are always beautiful and fun to admire. :)

[edyzmedieval]

Much appreciated, A Nerd.

[Lenin Cat]

Basileos Leandros I....
Guess who is here !
Can I have a balloon ? :) I want the first one from my first post here.

[edyzmedieval]

Welcome Lenin Cat.

Oh, and on that note, I'll try and get some beautiful autumn shots for the thread.

[edyzmedieval]

A belated Happy Birthday on the National Day of Romania!

[edyzmedieval]

Two beautiful winter photographs.



Poiana Marului, Brasov







Traditional wooden house

[edyzmedieval]

I made a little post about the architecture in Bucharest - the eclectic mix that you can find in every corner. (2435 historical monuments, to be precise)


Kretzulescu Palace







Cantacuzino Palace







If you're interested, you can check out the rest of them at this little post I made - http://www.randomwander.com/bucharest-architecture/

[edyzmedieval]

A little green tunnel that heralds spring.





Taken from here - http://florinavramescu.blogspot.ro/2...-explicit.html