Brasov Snow and Strada Republicii

The snow in the foothills in Brasov. This was the view from our hotel room. Quite a few large houses going up in this outer area of Brasov.

 

Dacia Logan Rental Car

 

 

 

Orthodox Cemetery in Brasov



 

Brasov - Walking down Strada Republicii

 

The Brasov "Hollywood" sign

 

Exterior of the Black Church - One of the largest Gothic stone churces in Europe

 

 

I do not remember these signs on my last trip. Not only must the Caine (Dog) be leashed, but apparently muzzled now!

 

 



 

 

During the 1989 Romanian Revolution many were killed in the fight. This is a monument to some who were killed fighting the Communist Regime. Most of them were all in their late teens to early 20's.

 

 

 

Arrived in Romania! Drive from airport to Sinaia was snow covered and long!

So we arrived in Bucharest yesterday at around 6:00pm local time. Lufthansa changed our plane at the last minute and our seats as well. Frankfurt is the most horrible setup of any airport I have been to! It takes forever to walk from one gate to another! I think Jim and I walked at least 3 miles within the airport. The tram that brought us to our plane on the Tarmac must have driven 2 miles just to get to the plane! I thought we were going to drive to Bucharest instead of flying at one point!

The flight from Denver to Frankfurt was quite a lengthy plane ride and I was only able to sleep about 1 hour. The guy behind us in the middle of the night lost his camera and had a fit. The stewardess came to us and woke us up so we could place our seats in an upright position so this guy could find his camera. This debacle with him, the stewardess and flashlights must have lasted 30 minutes! By the time we arrived in Frankfurt I was running on fumes. I got a little sleep on the 3 hour flight to Bucharest though.

The plane ride from Denver was aboard a 747, one of the non-turbulent flights I have ever been on; nice and smooth the entire way. The flight to Bucharest on the other hand was a 737 and quite bumpy...guess that helped me sleep ;-)

The 747 we flew on was a beauty. Have not been on one of those for quite sometime.

Below is video of the flight takeoff from Denver. Great Bronco's orange sunset. We departed at 5:45pm Denver time on Wednesday. Barr lake is visible. We flew right over my friend James Hudlins house in Lochbue /Brighton, Colorado!

 



 

Various photos of the plane rides. Views of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania from the air!

 

 

 

Our drive from Bucharest to Sinaia was pretty uneventful till we hit the foothills and it started to snow. In Sinaia where we had to planned it was about 20 degrees farenheit and we were not able to get a hotel because their was a convention for doctors in town. We ended up driving all the way to Brasov and spent the night at the Ramada there. Nice hotel and big free breakfast.

 

More posts to come.