Alba Iulia

Fountain. On the right the hotel where we were staying.

Girls.

Romanian Orthodox Reunification Church.

Sighisoara

Roofs from the Clock Tower.

View from the Clock Tower.

View from the Clock Tower.

Sighisoara

Street.

Anouncing a medieval festival in Sighisoara.

Street.

Monastery Brancoveanu

In the courtyard.

A monk and a woman.

Roses in the monastery garden.

Sambata de Sus

Sambata de Sus.

Monastery Brancoveanu in the village Sambata de Sus.

Monastery Brancoveanu.

Brasov

Brasov Counsil building.

Main Square in Brasov.

Main Square in Brasov.

In the First Romanian Scoool

Professor showing a plate, once used by pupils for writing.

Professor showing the first Romanian printing press.

The first Bible in russian.

Dracula's Castle

Castle Brun.

The well in the courtyard.

Dracula's Castle Brun - for turists (though Vlad Tepes probably never lived here ...).

Sinaia

Restaurant where we had coffee.

The Orthodox Church at the Peles Castle.

Near the castle.

Sinaia

The Peles Castle, built from 1873-1914.

The Peles Castle.

The Peles Castle.

In the Bucegi National Park

Wild flowers.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities;

but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. (J. W. Goethe)

The Bucegi Mountains

On top.

Mountains are the begining and the end of all natural scenery. (John Ruskin)

Contrast.

The Bucegi National Park

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesame, dangerous,

leading to the most amazing view.

May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. (Edward Abbey)