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iris lily
9-5-17, 1:29pm
I have photos for several of you.

This one is for Jane. On my starter plate is 2 kinds of lard. Fat, Jane! Pure lard, tasty fat. One is cooked, one is raw. I ate some of each, pretty good! There is a cutesy cheeseball made into a dracula figure.

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This one is for Tradd. I have seen more Orthodox churches on this trip than she has seen, I will bet!

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bae
9-5-17, 1:52pm
This sounds like an amazing expedition!
iris lily
9-5-17, 2:04pm
This sounds like an amazing expedition!

Hey dude, I kinda/sorta have something for you too. The Romanian King Carol was a collector of weapons, things you like. He had weapons and armor from all ages and places. Sorry I dont have a photo if them but I do have a photo of his Victorian castle where he displayed them:

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JaneV2.0
9-5-17, 2:14pm
Clearly, Transylvanians know how to eat. All that sightseeing requires fortification!
CathyA
9-5-17, 4:50pm
Clearly, Transylvanians know how to eat. All that sightseeing requires fortification!

LOL Jane.........in my senior times, I sometimes read words wrong and thought you wrote "All that sightseeing requires fornication!" lolololol!
JaneV2.0
9-5-17, 4:52pm
:devil:
Teacher Terry
9-5-17, 7:46pm
Great pictures! Sounds like a fun trip.
Tybee
9-5-17, 8:06pm
Very cool photos! I am enjoying them.
frugal-one
9-5-17, 8:08pm
Sounds like fun!
iris lily
9-6-17, 2:04am
This is for Alan. Big group of German bikers gathered at our hotel in Transylvania. They are on BMW bikes.

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rosarugosa
9-6-17, 4:56am
How was the wine? What is the suggested pairing with lard?
I've always had a thing for bats and vampires and assorted monsters. I've read Stoker's Dracula a few times. What a cool trip!
SteveinMN
9-6-17, 9:20am
How was the wine? What is the suggested pairing with lard?
Usually the recommendation is for a lighter red, like a Beaujolais, to offset the heaviness of the meal and cut through the -- umm -- grease.

IL, those pictures make me want to visit!
iris lilies
9-6-17, 9:49am
For Flowerseverywhere and others who like flowers, we stopped at the largest Botanical garden in Romania this sfternoon. They had a very nice display of hybrid tea roses, but I am not much of a rose fan. But the garden also had a stunning display of dahlias. It was the best dahlia garden I have ever seen!

we havent seen much in the way of flowering plants in parks in either The Czech
Republic or in Romania ntil now. However, most of the country people have flowers spilling out of their yards, we can see them because most houses line the highway.

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catherine
9-6-17, 9:52am
Really enjoying these photos, IL! Thanks for taking us with you!
iris lilies
9-7-17, 2:49pm
Today's Transilvania castle
http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1907&stc=1

Todays visit to The Citidel at Alba Lulia ( still in Transilvania) which is a military/ government complex with beautiful buildings in gracious proportions, presented in a sophisticated way. Romania can be proud of this historical attraction.
pictured is the Orthodox church, and there is a Lutheran one right next to it. Romania has complex religious histories.

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Tradd
9-7-17, 2:58pm
Nice! Thanks!
iris lilies
9-7-17, 3:04pm
Also today, we had an authentic dinner at a village house and then got a tour of their farmette. Yes, lard was one of the starters. Also we had stuffed peppers! Love those things.

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Oh, I forgot this. It is the trapdoor in the big castle. The king would issue his decision about the fate if someone charged with a crime and if it was thumbs down the trap door opened and the poor guy went to his death.

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nswef
9-7-17, 4:36pm
Talk about Swift Justice!
razz
9-7-17, 5:49pm
Must look up the history of Transylvania but I bet it was a number of little principalities similar to other parts of Europe. Looks beautiful! it se
Does it that the Count Dracula could have come from here. Is it ghoulish enough?
iris lilies
9-7-17, 11:07pm
Must look up the history of Transylvania but I bet it was a number of little principalities similar to other parts of Europe. Looks beautiful! it se
Does it that the Count Dracula could have come from here. Is it ghoulish enough?

yes, Romania as we know it now had several parts, all were united in 1918. Transylvania has wild topography in some places, suitable background for scary stuff!

Vlad Dracul is a guy who ruled Transylvania, and is respected there. The vampire legend is entirely created by Bram Stoker's book, Dracula. There is no tradition of vampires in Romania. Romanians think it is all a bit silly, the Dracula stuff.
iris lilies
9-8-17, 4:07am
How was the wine? What is the suggested pairing with lard?
I've always had a thing for bats and vampires and assorted monsters. I've read Stoker's Dracula a few times. What a cool trip!
Local Romanian wine is very good for the money. A typical glass of a house red wine is about $2 - $3. It is a nice dry medium bodied wine.

but, they like big pours and 250 ML is their small serving with 500 ML being typical. That 500 is more than 2 glasses, by my measure.
rosarugosa
9-8-17, 5:01am
I think I need to move to Transylvania!
iris lilies
9-8-17, 2:29pm
Today's trip took us to the Carpathian mountains. We had to stop for sheep to cross the road.

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We spent the night in Sibiu, a medieval city. Our huge room on the small square in old town was about $75.

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iris lilies
9-13-17, 7:56am
We got home last night from Bucharesti. Romania was so cool and interesting! Bucharesti, not so much. It is a once grand city pockmarked with communist era remains of buildings and social institutions and corrupt government. It had lots of large ornate buldings from the turn of the century, very handsome. But graffitti and trash colored my view.

The best things about Bucheresti were:

1) My hotel room, looking out on little Paris--this was important to me because I have pretty much decided
I wont go to Paris, too expensive, too many other places I want to see

2) the food and prices--wonderful European dinners for two for $25 including wine for one person. Our hotel room, a large suit, was about $100 per night

3) the Village Museum, 200 structures moved from the country showing all examples of rural architecture

so here are photos

Paris-like view from my hotel balcony

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Tiny houses and churches of Romania, from the open air Village
Museum. These are actual old structures moved to Buchasesti for this display. There are many similar structures still,used in the countryside.

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And my favorites, the tiny structures country people have in their complexes: religious tabernacles and fancy well covers

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iris lilies
9-13-17, 8:00am
Tiny well houses-- structures covering their well

http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1931&stc=1

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Ultralight
9-13-17, 8:06am
Cool pics! I want to go there. :)
iris lilies
9-13-17, 8:12am
Cool pics! I want to go there. :)

The Romanian government is building (some) churches with public money. You wouldnt like that!
IshbelRobertson
9-15-17, 1:52pm
Great photies, IL!