What comes to your mind when you hear about Romania? Most probably: Dracula and vampires and…mystery. While Dracula is associated with the region called Transilvania, there are other areas of Romania that are quite mysterious. One of these mysterious places is called Corbii din Piatra, or Stone Ravens in English. What is so mysterious about it?

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Ever since Sibiu was designated European Cultural Capital for 2007, this became a really big deal in Romania. Everybody was talking about it and lots of money was invested in remodeling the old city center. Regardless what people say, I believe that the city did an amazing job with the remodeling. Sibiu’s Large Square looks on par if not better than other large European cities.

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Brasov is one of the largest cities in Romania and a great commerce and tourist hub for the country. We have visited Brasov a few times and we keep noticing how clean the Main Square is. The city does a great job keeping the touristy areas clean. We love to walk the streets leading to the Main Square and once we’re there we enjoy very much just sitting on a bench and looking at children playing with the pigeons. On a sad note, the Black Church was again closed for visiting…this was the third time in a row when we couldn’t visit this must see tourist attraction in Brasov…maybe next time.

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Who said that only the French have an Arch of Triumph? Well there is another one in Bucharest in Romania…it’s a little smaller and it’s not connected to the Champs d’Elysees…but it is called the Arch of Triumph and serves the same purpose as the original Arch of Triumph in Paris.
Bucharest Arch of [...]

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