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A few months ago I promised to put together a slide show tease of Romania and Moldova from my trips this summer and my vast collection of photos. Done and done.
Background music by Zdob şi Zdub.
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August 12th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Very nice – a lot of gorgeous photos. What is the story behind the pot tree?
August 12th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Hi Leif!
Excellent slideshow. Perfect choice of music (I imagine you know the meaning of the song?)
Moldova is probably the only country in the world where car license plates can not only have “ANAL” on them, but also “ORAL”, too bad you didn’t include that one ;)
ttyl
Vit
August 12th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
You should put together compilation of all of the funny pictures you’ve taken! These are beautiful! I also laughed at the license plate. Romania is a beautiful country! Loved the picture at 26 seconds. Lovely little allyway! Where is that? And that ginormous building 40 seconds in? Where’s that one? Oh oh oh ! And what about that one at 2:43? Where’d you take that?
August 12th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Bree – Those are quite literally ‘pot trees’ from the Maramureş region (north). It’s more of an aesthetic, tourist pleasing thing now, but previously they hung their pots to dry after washing like that.
Vitalie – Actually I’d love an accurate translation of those lyrics, if you’ve got the time.
Mary – That alleyway is in Braşov, it’s alleged to be the narrowest street in Europe. At 40 seconds is a shot of the interior courtyard of Bran Castle, one of the primary attractions in southern Transylvania. At 2.43 is Peleş Castle in Sinaia, the other primary attraction in southern Transylvania.
August 13th, 2008 at 6:12 am
I dropped off the grid for bit (did you miss me?) but glad to see you made up with Tony & now are running banner ads from him! Great photos.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Entertaining, as always. Looking forward to getting into these regions and taking some of your advice as soon as the peak season ends.
//craig in slovakia, travelvice.com
August 13th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Is that shot of Che and Putin from Transdniestr?
August 14th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Thanks guys.
Jonathan – yes, Tiraspol, right on ul 25 Oktober
August 27th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Had a good laugh! OMG, you captured Romania (and Moldova) in all their (screwed) beauty! :D