Our next destination is Snagov Monastery, located on an island at the northern end of Snagov Lake…

…but first a short detour to another monastery…

…and a bite of lunch…

This is my friend, Adrian…

…and it’s a good thing Adrian knew where he was going – finding this place was quite the adventure!

There has been a church on this island since at least the 11th century, when Mircea cel Bătrân first built a wooden structure, with the monastery being added in the late 14th century during the reign of King Dan I (1383–1386).

The banks of the lake are fully of amazing houses belonging to what the Romanian’s refer to as “new money”.

The remains of the prison (behind the present-day church) can still be seen.

…and time to head back to the hotel, for tomorrow is another day of exploring…

~ Bella

Peles Castle, Romania

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Leaving Bucharest early in the morning, we head up into the Carpathian Mountains on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, in search of Peles Castle - built between 1873 and 1914 for the German King Carol I of Romania. Btw, although Romania is the second poorest country in Europe after…

The abandoned casino on the Black Sea shore of Constanta, Romania

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It was a bright, shiny, sunny day as we headed for Constanta on the Black Sea coast of Romania... ...over the River Danube... ...complete with a monument to the nuclear power plants and atomic energy... These are fascinating - a Romania design to protect the shore... ...and the purpose of…