The plan was to visit Peles Castle in the morning and Bran Castle then. So we woke up early to catch our train to Sinaia. We were so smart, we left the hostel before we requested an Uber. It was so early the lobby/bar was not opened so we were like trying all our best to connect to the WIFI outside the door of the lobby. Thankfully after a good 5 minutes we managed to click that request button.
We got ourselves the train pass but we still had to go to the counter to reserve tickets if we wanted to take the faster train. So we went and gosh the first lady we met was like oh you don't speak Romanian, I don't speak English so go away. Luckily there was another lady at the other counter who was helpful and we got on our train like 2 minutes before it left the station phew!
Slept through the journey and woke up to this:
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| when was your last ride? |
Sinaia was much colder than Bucharest that morning, even more so as it's surrounded by mountains I guess.
The Internet told us that there will be baggage storage in Sinaia train station but there's nothing like that. We 3 independent girls, didn't rent a car nor join a tour so we walked, with our cabin bags. It's nothing, just that the train station was at like the one side of the hill and we had to climb up the hill then down to the other side to reach the castle. And it was raining. lol but aren't all these the reasons why I can remember that day so well ;)
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| the only way is up! |
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| oh hiiii |
You can choose to pay for taking photo in the castle (the link goes to its website in Romanian but you can guess or google translate :目), I can't remember the price but I didn't pay so no photos :/ The entrance fee of 12.5 lei (student price) includes a guided tour so it's quite worth it. A modern dainty castle it is.
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Went back down and took another train to Brasov. We lived just at the centre of the old town. When we asked our host for the way to get to Bran Castle, she gave us a suggestion: why not take a tour? Tomorrow? After the journey just now, we said yes, obviously. It was not really a tour, it's just that a driver will drive us to Bran castle from the hostel and to Rasnov Citadel which was not in our plan but we didn't mind, of course. So plan changed and we spent that afternoon exploring the old town of Brasov! Best decision made. (also 'cause that day was gloomy, why not bet for a sunny day tomorrow hehehe)
Went for a lunch at La Ceaun, recommended by the host.
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| It was comforting :))) |
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| and me... :目 |
Just waited for the start of the walking tour with our ice cream on the square.
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| with the Brasov sign! |
Brasov was renamed Stalin.
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| Biserica Neagră, the Black Church which survived a fire |
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| the tour guide: this sculpture is to commemorate a boy who was loved by everyone but his boss. He was one of the worker who built the church but was pushed from that edge by his boss :/ but his boss turned himself in afterwards out of guilt so :') |
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| view from the Black tower (or white... no it's black!!!) |
Asked for tour guide recommendation for traditional dessert after the tour and she suggested papanasi (hate me after clicking on this hahahahaha) at Sergiana. We didn't have our dinner there as it's full, so really try it if you have the chance!
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| red light |
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| waiting for our papanasi takeaway aww |
It was a little too sweet for us but there's no harm to try! I quite like it myself hehehe
And then we rested early that night after the hike that morning...
To be continued...
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