Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Brasov, Romania

Weekend Trip from Bucharest: Brasov. Brasov is one of the medieval walled cities in Romania, with picturesque watchtowers, narrow streets, and the city wall. There's a nice hotel in the centru, Hotel Bella Muzica, right across from the main square, and with rooms underneath the attic ceilings, with exposed wood beams in the ceilings, and skylights where you can look out in the morning and see the watchtowers. There are a numbers of walks around the city, around the medieval city walls, up to the watchtowers, and up the hill across town to a mountain-top castle.















Piata Sfatului, Brasov

In the main square, The Black Church stands out behind the regulated buildings on the square. The Black Church stands out like something dark out of the future which dominates the buildings in the square. Sort of a combination of a sharp knight's helmet and an angular modernistic form against the regular rhythm of the regulated buildings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%C5%9Fov
















Piata Sfatului, Brasov

Webcams in Brasov:
http://www.webcams.travel/webcam/1224581569-Weather-Brasov-Piata-Sfatului,-Karpatravel.ro-Astra
http://www.tourist-informator.info/en/live-webcam-images-from-romania/brasov
http://mybrasov.eu/piatasfatului.html






















Strada Sforii, Brasov (Rope Street - the narrowest street in Europe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNY9Hvm7NOc&feature=related



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