Bucharest: A strong contender for “Ugliest City in Europe” We left the beautiful city of Brasov behind morning and caught the train to Bucharest, Romania’s capital city. We’ve only been here half a day and already we rate this as one of the ugliest and scariest cities we […]
A visit to Bran Castle, where Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was set… We had a day trip today to see Bran Castle, the 15th century fortress used as the backdrop for Bram Stocker’s infamous 19th century work of fiction. The castle itself was nowhere near as spooky as we […]
Brașov: Romania’s medieval jewel Welcome to Brașov – one of Romania’s best preserved medieval cities and the country’s most popular tourist destination. It was with some relief that we left Viscri and rural Romania behind this morning, headed for the city of Brașov. With a population […]
Two cream puffs outside of their natural habitat… Those of you who are regular readers will be familiar with the term “cream puff”. For those of you who are new to Wandering Soles, here are a couple of cream puffs: And here are the above-mentioned […]
Birthplace of a legend Sighișoara is a small town on the Târnava Mare River in Transylvania, Romania. It’s a rather picturesque, well preserved medieval town that has been put on the tourist map by the fact that the infamous Vlad Dracula (aka: Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Țepeș or Vlad III, Prince […]
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