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2nd Easter trip continuedHunedoara: described as a rather dull industrial town (which is true!), with the only attraction being Castelul Corvinilor, a real knights dream!!!On our way dozens of roadsigns led us to this fairytale castle, really a-m-a-z-i-n-g!Our plan was to go until Sarmizegetusa in the Orastie mountains, the heartland of Dacian civilization, but time was short, so we decided to go only until Densus (passing by Hateg). Densus is reknown because of its church, which is a historical treasure!This Christian church was built out of Roman stones, they used any stones they could find, including columns, with inscrptions, sculptures of lions, etc. And inside, there are really old religious frescoes... I never thought I would find something like this in Romania!On our way back, we stopped again in Cluj, had another look around the city and bought some accessoires. I have to say that I enjoyed more the tiny places like Aiud or Densus, preferring them even to Cluj, the famous city!!!Yeah that was our very interesting trip:))) 2nd Easter HolidaysHi guys, I will report a bit about my second Easter Holidays which I took at end of April...First we went to fancy Cluj, the famous university city!!! There we visited great sights like Piata Unirii with the Michaels Church, Bulevardul Eroilor, Casa lui Matei Corvin, the Orthodox Cathedral, Bastion Croitorilor and of course the best university Universitatea Babes Bolyai!!!:D We took nice cocos coffee @Coffice and had great dinner in an Italian (!) restaurant!Passing by Aiud with a great bastion, next stop was Alba Iulia, a historically really important place (Unification took place here) with an impressing Citadel with a Romanic cathedral (yeah, something for me:)) The Citadel seemed like a city in the city, with the Orthodox complex, the Romanic one, Princely courts and the Costozza monument (and also the archaeological faculty of the university). There are aso Baroque style reamins, so it is all a mix of different architecture styles!On we went towards Dacian territory, where we stopped in Deva, a small town (with Easter & Bunny statues still reminding us of Easter). The highlight is without a doubt the Citadel with the Hollywood-like sign DEVA on the mountain, but we didn't go up.The Museum of Dacian Civilization is closed for restauration until October, so we couldn't see it.But maybe the real attraction was the lets say most interesting hotel I have ever seen, Hotel Decebal, purest communist feeling!!!A really ugly block hidden between some shady trees, inside everything made of wood, in the rooms the simplest beds ever, in the bathroom the washing sink nearly breaking down and the shower handles falling off during every shower... We felt like the only guests there, the restaurant was abandoned, though fortuntaely the next morning we managed to get a breakfast (that is, bread, butter and bad coffee) served by a nice woman. For the real breakfast then, we went to ARTA cofetarie, and the name already indicates: They made pastry an ART!I ate a Passion choc cake,yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy!!! Resuming, Deva is nice to stroll around. There still was more to come... | LinksMyEVS albumCategoriesWho's nearby? | |||