Sunday 31 August 2014

Romanian Miscellany

Nice puddings (a legacy of the Austro-Hungarian empire?)!


Wait-staff in Bucharest



Sophie (French guide) and Cristina (Romanian guide) at Sinaia monastery


Church door at Sinaia monastery


Lilac rose



Typical domestic farmyard



Typical gateway in Bucavina area

Curtea de Arges monastery



House of the Free Press, Bucharest


Friday 29 August 2014

Cats and windows of Romania












More Romania

Sighisoara

Sighisoara

Biertan, a "saxon" village


Typical covered wall and fields near Biertan

Sibiu
Sibiu ramparts

Sibiu rooftops

The "eyes" of Sibiu

Still Sibiu

Curtea monastery

Can't even remember which church this is!

Bucharest's answer to the Galeries St. Hubert

Inside the Palace of Parliaments

Church on Stavropouleas St.

Wednesday 27 August 2014

August in Romania

Sinaia, in the Carpathian mountains

At Peles Palace, Sinaia

Sighisoara


Brasov
Bicaz Gorge
Neamt Montastery
Bookshop at Neamt Monastery

Voronets


Romanian roses


Sucevita

Voronets



Stork, stalking
Draculunch
Rural Romania



Moldovitsa




Tirgu Mures

Sunday 24 August 2014

May in Cagliari, Sardinia

A visit to beautiful Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, for the feast of Sant' Efisio on 1 May