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Sighisoara - a well preserved mediaeval fortress
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    • Fam_Stoica
  • Updated By Fam_Stoica on July 20, 2007
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    • Sighisoara, Romania - Romania
    Sighisoara, Romania
    by Fam_Stoica, 4 more photos
    Sighisoara is one of the latest inhabited fortresses in Europe.

    Top attractions :
    - the towers (Clock Tower, Tanners' Tower, Tinkers' Tower, Goldsmiths' Tower, Ropers'
    Tower, Butchers' Tower, Furriers' Tower, Tailors' Tower, Cobblers' Tower, Ironsmiths' Tower)
    - the Vlad Dracul House
    - the Stairs Passage (175 steps preserved)
    - the covered staircase
    - the Church on the Hill

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    Traveling in Romania
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    • Mique
  • By Mique on December 22, 2004
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    • Stinker meeting people on the train - Romania
    Stinker meeting people on the
    train
    by Mique
    I'm not sure whether this is true in the more touristy time of year but during my travels around i've been approached so often by people who wanted to practise their english. And on more then one occasion those people made sure i got on the right train or bus or made sure someone else took care of that.

    Although once i got on the wrong train and in the complete wrong direction. Which makes for an interesting story now but at that time wasn't so funny when the lights fell out at the station and i was standing on a completely dark platform which was just a strip of concrete between to tracks...

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    The local food
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  • By Mique on March 16, 2005
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    • Home made sarmale - Romania
    Home made sarmale
    by Mique
    I love romanian food. Things like a good ciorba de fasole (beansoup), zacusca and most of all sarmale. Unfortunately expecially sarmale is very hard to find in restaurants. The best way is if someone's mum has made it. Sarmale with Smantana (cream) is my absolute favorite of the romanian cuisine so far. Though the ciorba's make a great second. Except for ciorba de burta (tripe soup). I've been given that one a miss. Maybe unfairly so but i don't think my mind can stomach that...

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    Celebrate the national day in Alba Iulia
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    • Mique
  • Updated By Mique on January 23, 2005
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    • Folk concert in Alba Iulia - Romania
    Folk concert in Alba Iulia
    by Mique
    On the 1st of december 1918 the treaty was signed that joined Transsylvania with Romania. So every year people celebrate this national day. But what better place to celebrate it then in Alba Iulia itself. There is a military parade in the morning, concerts throughout the day and of course loads of people watching to do. In the evening there are fireworks to be seen. It all takes place on the main square in the citadel.

    I was glad i was invited to celebrate it in Alba Iulia and had a very nice time here.

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    Borsec resort
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  • By ovidiu_nan on May 18, 2003
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    • Pool with warm carbonated water, photo by Mechno - Romania
    Pool with warm carbonated
    water, photo by Mechno
    by ovidiu_nan
    Town in NE Romania (Harghita county), in the intramontane depression with the same name in the Eastern Carpathians, towerd by the Bistrita, Calimani, Giurgeu and Ceahlau Mountains, elevation 900 m, 27 km NE of Toplita railway station; population 3,242 (July 1, 1991). Cool subalpine climate (July average temperature 15°c; January average -7°C). Low winds. Annual average temperature 5°C or so. Moderate precipitations (700-750 mm annually).
    Old all-season resort of national importance (from 1804), with numerous springs of mineral carbonated, bicarbonated, calcic, magnesian hypotonic waters known and recommanded for their beneficial effect since the late 16th century. The therapeutic qualities of these mineral springs were recognized internationally and awarded several distictions such as the medal of the Vienna International Fair (1873), the silver medal and diploma of honour in 1876 at the Berlin and Trieste exhibitions, respectively, the diploma of honour of the Paris Exhibition (1878).

    Borsec resort is recommended for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases (compensated mitral and aortic insufficiency, high blood pressure, varices), endocrinological diseases (hyperthyroidism, Basedow disease, prepubertal conditions in overweight children), hepatobiliary (biliary dyskinesis, noncalculous chronic cholecystitis), digestive diseases (hypoacid chronic gastritis, chronic constipation, nonspecific chronic colitis), kidney and urinary system disorders, asthenic neurosis, dermatologic, metabolic and utrition diseases, etc. All experts agree that the climate there exerts over the body an action which determines an increase of the appetite and the accumulation of vitamins, a normalization of metabolism, higer resistance to disease and fast recovery of the physical and intelectual potential. Installations for warm baths with carbonated mineral waters in tubs, indoor pool with warm carbonated water, fountains for internal cure with mineral waters, electrotherapy and hydrotherapy equipment, instalations for baths with herbs, paraffin packing, gyms. Given the pleasant, acidulated taste of the Borsec mineral waters which preserve their therapeutic qualities, they are bottled at the APEMIN Enterprise of the resort.

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    Monasteries of northern Moldavia (Bucovina)
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  • Updated By Fam_Stoica on August 3, 2004
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    • Manastirea Sucevita, Romania - Romania
    Manastirea Sucevita,
    Romania
    by Fam_Stoica
    The monasteries located in Bucovina (NE part of Romania) are among the most picturesque treasures of Romania.
    Seven painted churches (Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist - Arbore, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of the former Monastery of Humor, Church of the Annunciation of the Monastery of Moldovita, Church of the Holy Rood - Patrauti, Church of St Nicholas and the Catholicon of the Monastery of Probota, Church of St George - Suceava, Church of St George of the former Voronet Monastery) are protected by UNESCO as part of the world heritage.

    With their painted exterior walls, decorated with 15th- and 16th-century frescoes that are considered masterpieces of Byzantine art, these churches in northern Moldavia are unique in Europe. Far from being merely wall decorations, the paintings represent complete cycles of religious murals on all facades. Their outstanding composition, elegant outline and harmonious colours blend perfectly with the surrounding landscape.

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    Staying longer then the official 3 months
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  • Updated By Mique on April 14, 2005
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    • Like i went 100 years back in time - Romania
    Like i went 100 years back in
    time
    by Mique
    EU citizens can stay in Romania without a visa for 3 months. Since i came at the end of september and planned to stay until april or so i needed to get out of the country and back in. I had heard that driving out and back into the country in a single day wasn't a problem at least at the Bors-crossing. But i have no car. So on the 28th of december, a day before my 3 months were over, i took a train from Oradea station to Biharkeresztes in Hungary . For some security reasons i had packed my toothbrush and some clean underwear. One might never know. I left Oradea at 10.20 and arrived in Hungary at around 11 (romanian time). It took a while before i was allowed to get off the train but at a quarter past i was finally of the train. Apart from the ticket and passport control they also changed locs here hence the waiting time. I walked into the train station since i wanted to make a seat reservation like i had to do in Romania. I thought the next train to Oradea was at 2.30 (hungarian time) but the lady at the ticket office told me that the train to Oradea would leave in 10 minutes. I got into the train, hoping that spending half an hour outside Romania would be long enough to get my next 3 months. Now i think even 5 minutes would do the trick. I had no problems at all and 2 hours after i left Oradea i was back where i left that morning...... No problems at all.

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    What is not to like?
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  • Updated By Elweb on November 24, 2002
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    • Apuseni Mountains - Romania
    Apuseni Mountains
    by Elweb
    Just look at the photos ... nothing more to say...i like Romania because is still virgin in tourism, and every day is something to descover about it!

    ...Romania...my childhood is about it: hills, swiming in Moldova River, fishing with my dad, traveling in the forest with my brother, cooking lam in the woods with my sister

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    Museul Satalui
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  • Updated By Pinoy on October 16, 2002
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    • Piata Romana - Romania
    Piata Romana
    by Pinoy
    Muzeul Stalui is the Village Museum of Bucharest founded in 1936. It is one of the world most important ethnographic museums. It is a synthesis of the Romanian folk architecture until 1900 - before the urban influence on the village; there are exhibited authentic peasant houses, representative for the architectural styles determined by the specific environmental conditions - mountains, hills, and plains.

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    MOLDAVIA and BUCOVINA
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  • Updated By alirom on February 15, 2003
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    by alirom
    Moldavia has an extensive countryside of forests and hills, with many lesser known delights to discover, especially in the region of Targu Neamt. You might even catch a glimpse of a buffalo, a species which is being reintroduced into a natural reservation. There are hiking routes and camping facilities, as well as good hotels in the main towns. And Moldavian wines have been known for five centuries. There are vineyards that can be visited.
    Bucovina - the north-eastern province of Romania - is renowned for the beautiful exterior frescoes on the walls of its monasteries. These triumphs of Byzantine-influenced art reflect a development of Moldavian civilisation in the 15th and 16th centuries, under the patronage of Stephen the Great (1457-1504).

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