Sunday, April 15, 2007

Brasov

Our next stop was Brasov. I never served here but I did come through fairly regularly for Zone conferences and such. It is a pretty city and the most major of the tourist cities in Transylvania.


For those who have seen my Conger for President t-shirt, this is a recreation of the original campaign poster, minus the other members of the campaign. It probably isn't too likely but hopefully Mitt will lay some groundwork for us and we can get my old mission companion elected in 2032, remember, "I'll decide!" This is the central street in Brasov. Down at the end you can see Biserica Neagra (The black church) It is called the black church because it was burned out many years ago by some invading horde or other, thus giving it the charred exterior.
This is a closer look at Biserica Neagra. It really is beautiful, although it does look like it just got burned down.
This is the tower in the middle of the council square. You saw it above. As you can probably see Brasov is one of the most picturesque cities in Romania, and if I could get a picture of all of it, the world. Brasov was originally built as two cities on opposite sides of a mountain but they have grown together through the years and the mountain right in the middle makes for a really beautiful city.

4 comments:

  1. Ummm...is that pronounced "bras off" just curious, and I know mom will be as well!

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  2. Its pronounced brah-shohv it rhymes with stove

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  3. Ohhh. Too bad, that could have been a great thing for tourism...

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  4. Ha Ha. Bras off. Nate is a little slow; I don't think he got it.

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