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The first place we visited in Romania was its capital city Bucarest. A huge metropolis in the south of the country, with a very comfortable city camping on its outskirts [Bucarest / Romania]
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This is for many people the main reason to visit Bucarest; to see the huge palace that former dictator Ceausescu built. [Bucarest / Romania]
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Us in front of the palace of Bucarest, built by Ceausescu and after the Pentagon in the US the larget building in the world [Bucarest / Romania]
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Outside the main towns, Romania is still a very rural country, where many people are still farmers [Brasov area / Romania]
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Our Land Cruiser in front of Bran Castle [Bran / Romania]
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Bran Castle is by many people seen as Dracula castle, because Vlad Tepes (on which the Dracula character is based) was once jailed here [Bran / Romania]
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The Magura area near Bran is a great place for hiking with a beautiful landscape and nice trails [Magura / Romania]
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Hiking in the hills of Magura [Magura / Romania]
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Romania is still a country where some people are not connected to basic facilities like running water and electricity [Magura / Romania]
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Flat tire [Onesti / Romania]
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In Romania, horse and cart is still a common form of transport in rural areas [Bacau / Romania]
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Socializing next to the road [Romania]
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Romania is still mainly an agricultural country [Romania]
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A richer Romanian farmer family: they have 2 horses to pull the cart [Romania]
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Romanians are friendly people always curious to see who is around [Romania]
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Rural life [Romania]
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Yes, also this is Europe! [Romania]
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Rural farmer woman [Romania]
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Young men collecting dried grass in northern Romania [Romania]
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Dacia is a local car brand based on the older models of Renault. The older 'species' aren't that reliable [Romania]
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As many countries in Eastern Europe, also Romania is a beautiful country to travel in [Romania]
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Street scene in the village of Humorolui [Humorului / Romania]
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The painted monastery of Humorului is one of the more popular painted monasteries that can be found in the area called Bucovina [Humorului / Romania]
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The painted monasteries of Bucovina have also frescoes on the outside, and that is very uncommon. This monastery is built in 1530, and many of the frescoes are still in an amazing condition [Humorului / Romania]
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Another beautiful painted monastery in the area is the Voronet Monastery. This monastery is built in just three months and three weeks by Stefan cel Mare [Humorului / Romania]
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It is incredible to see how well the frescoes are preserved. Unfortunately, it is not allowed to make photographs inside the monasteries, which are even more abundent with colourful frescoes [Humorului / Romania]
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Detail of a frescoe on the exterior of Voronet Monastery [Humorului / Romania]
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Frescoe depicting the crualities that took place in the past [Humorului / Romania]
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Back road in northern Romania [Solca / Romania]
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Romanian woman with a typical dress style for younger rural women [Romania]
