Author: Rosie

Bucharest Old Town has many faces, the area is a mix of renovated buildings with the majority being quite run down and, in some cases still abandoned, boarded and ruined.  The grey stonework is chipped, guttering sags and carbon blackens the stone….but the buildings are still glorious! 

Rosie and The Operator have a long day driving from Bucharest through to Sibiu. We are going to traverse the infamous Transfagarasan Highway in Romania to get to our destination. This route is one of the countries most spectacular and internationally renowned driving roads after it featured on Top Gear as one of the best drives in the World! 

Corvin Castle is one of the largest castles in Europe and features as one of the Seven Wonders of Romania. It looks like a fairy tale castle as you stand in front of it and see it in all its glory from across the gorge.  It is huge and beautifully proportioned, with pointy spires and elegant stonework.  It sits so tall and proud amongst the lush green landscape that carries on behind it, uninterrupted, for miles. 

The Transylvanian countryside in Romania seems endless, untamed and multiple shades of green as it rolls along outside our window as we drive the two and a bit hours from Sibiu to Brasov. Our route today is all backroads where en route we will be stopping at Bran Castle, legendary home to arguably Transylvania’s most infamous inhabitant, Count Dracula.

Rosie and The Operator have just rolled into Brasov (pronounced Bra shov), deep in the heart of the Transylvanian countryside on their twelve day journey around Romania.