  1 Looking towards the mountains on the road between Brasov and Bran. |
 2 Rural Romania, between Brasov and Bran. |
 3 Bran Castle, made famous by its association with Dracula. |
 4 Bran and is castle are a major tourist attraction so, inevitably, has a market selling all sorts of tat. |
 5 Bran Castle. |
 6 In the grounds below Bran Castle. |
 7 Looking up to Bran Castle. |
 8 And on the other sdie repairs were in hand. |
 9 Inside Bran Castle. |
 10 Apparentley this staircase is secret. Maybe someone should mention that it now isn't? |
 11 The "secret" staircase in Bran Castle. |
 12 Inside Bran Castle. |
 13 A bit of a come down.... |
 14 Bran Castle. |
 15 Bran Castle. |
 16 Bran Castle. |
 17 The view west from Bran Castle. |
 18 Bran Castle. |
 19 Inside Bran Castle. |
 20 Looking down towards Bran. |
 21 Another staircase inside Bran Castle. |
 22 Inside Bran Castle. |
 23 Various fighting implements inside Bran Castle. |
 24 Bran Castle. |
 25 Bran Castle. |
 26 A torture display in Bran Castle. |
 27 Bran Castle. |
 28 Like says... |
 29 The scales of "justice". |
 30 Bran Castle - full our tourists! |
 31 Bran Castle, looking up. |
 32 Quite a piece of ironwork. |
 33 An outer wall of Bran castle. |
 34 In the grounds below Bran Castle. |
 35 In Bran is a bust od Ioan Pușcariu, a noted Romanian historian, genealogist and administrator. |
 36 A small chapel on the edge of Bran. |
 37 Bran Castle. |
 38 Romania is full of new build churches like the one on the right, built on the edge of bran. |
 39 Wooden sculptures in a small park on the edge of Bran. |
 40 And off into the Carpathian Mountains once more. The peaks in the distance stand over 8000' up. |
 41 In the foothills of the Carpathians to the south west of Bran. |
 42 The substantial ridge is the Piatra Craiului. |
 43 Cows and the cow herds roadside in the mountains. |
 44 Not a hazard to traffic, unless the cows decided to stand in the road as they tended to do! |
 45 Switzerland or Romania? This is Valea Urdii. |
 46 Valea Urdii in a very beautiful part of Romania. |
 47 The Carpathians. |
 48 Overlooking Podul Dâmboviţei from an excellent viewpoint. |
 49 Romanian mountain view. |
 50 Near Podul Dâmboviţei, impressive scenery. |
 51 The Piatra Craiului from near Podul Dâmboviţei. |
 52 Podul Dâmboviţei nestling in a valley. |
 53 One of the many many apparently stray dogs in Romania. I think this chap would have happily got in my car and come with me! |
 54 Podul Dâmboviţei. |
 55 Romania is not a wealthy place, this level of poverty, near Valea Cetățuia, was about as bad as I saw. |
.jpg) 56 Out of the mountains into more gentle countryside. |
 57 2373,4km (1474 miles) covered over 9 days of driving in Romania and no accidents - but a good few near misses! |
 58 Stada Berzei, not an untypical street in Bucharest. |
 59 Goose breast gnocchi - considerably more filling than it looks! |
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