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Hello everyone, I just came back from my trip, I traveled to Romania because i wanted to visit the places where one of the best horror movies of this year “The Nun”, was filmed. 

If you’ve never heard pf this film i guess you’re too young or too old or you’re living in a cave but anyway I’m not going to judge. I’m going to make a short summary for those people that don’t know anything about the film. 

The Nun is a horror, mystery, thriller movie directed by Corin Handy and produced  by  Peter Safranand James Won.  The movie appeared for the first time in the cinema on 7 September 2018 in the US, the movie is part of the conjuring universe. The movie was filmed in Romania, “The Nun” is mainly in English but we can also hear some French, Romanian and Latin.The story takes place in the past, some centuries ago and tells the story of a priest from the Vatican and a novitate that has to go to a monastery in romania to investigate the suicide of a nun. The abbey is haunted by a demon called Valak and the only way to fight against him is by using the blood of Jesus that can be found in a secret room in the abbey.

My trip to Romania started in the Otopeni airport located in the capital of Romania, Bucharest. After i left my stuff at the hotel I went to the place of the Parliament because that’s the place where the scenes from the Vatican were filmed.

The place is huge, it’s the second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon, The Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu built it to show his power. the building is very gorgeous and impressive , It can protect you from a nuclear attack or an earthquake but unfortunately a lot of people died while they were building it. After I visited the place of the Parliament, I had diner in a restaurant in the old town. 

During the day the city doesn’t look special at all but when the moon comes out the city turns itself in something else. I wish I could stay and party with the people of my age , I made a lot of new friends but unfortunately I had to sleep early cause I had to take the train to Transylvania in the middle of the night. The train was pretty slow and i didn’t see the landscape because it was night outside but when i arrived in the city of Sighisoara I could see the beautiful mountains of Transylvania, The Carpathians mountains.

 Sighisoara is a colorful place and is one of the oldest citadels in europe, next to the citie you can visit the fortificated church that can be found in the German village of Birtan, here, the scenes from the house next to the haunted abbey were filmed.

It was nice but it was raining unfortunately. After lunch I took the bus to the city of Hunedoara where the Corvine’s Castle can be found. The castle is huge and a little bit scary , It’s a medieval castle built during the Austro-Hungarian empire.

The castle looks creepier in the movie but is a horror movie so that’s the point.

I really liked the castle, the trip was crazy, the local food was delicious. Unfortunately I was alone, next time I wish my friends would come with me in my next trip to Romania, there are a lot of places to visit. I regret i didn’t have the time to visit Bran castle which is known for being Dracula’s castle. Now I appreciate “The nun” even more after this trip. The places are even more amazing in real life. I encourage you to travel because you only live once, see you next time guys, Thank you for following my blog.

(Ps:This article is just a school project, I’m not a traveler, the only place i visited is the castle.) 

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When I tell people I’m from Romania…We got a beautiful country, but nobody knows about us

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Now that we finally have some real snow in romania…

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Reasons Why You Should Visit Romania

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Haunted Places in Romania (according to Wikipedia)

Argeș County

Trivale Forest in Pitești - There is a legend about a maiden, daughter of a rich landowner, who loved a poor servant of her father. Her father found an old rich man for her to marry, but during the wedding day, she ran with the servant in the forest. Her father found them and killed her lover and then decapitated her. It is generally accepted that the two scary things about the forest are: the decapitated ghost of the bride and the people going into the forest to do satanic rituals.

Bacău County

Zarifopol Mansion in Filipești – Called by locals “the House of Evil”, the mansion is the site of several reports of paranormal activities: indistinct voices, bizarre sounds, steps, cold currents that “walk” through walls.

Bucharest

Bazilescu Park – Also known as Nicolae Bălcescu Park, Bazilescu Park is located in Bucureștii Noi neighborhood. Within the park is the Summer Theatre, built in 1953. During the night, in the area can be heard strident sounds and the cough of a man (whereof it is said that belongs to Bazilescu), coming from beyond the columns of the derelict theatre.

Central Girls School – Inside this historical building and its courtyard have been reports of strange sounds, cold breeze and fetid odors, but were also seen levitating objects, doors and windows that open and close without any human intervention.

Chiajna Monastery – This ruined monastery has its root somewhere in the 18th century, during the rule of Alexandru Ipsilanti. It was a big monastery, with thick walls, reason for that the Turks “confused” it and assaulted it. Moreover, some historical sources show that between its walls died of plague the Metropolitan of Wallachia, Cozma. The land and the building have never got to be sanctified. For these reasons it was abandoned, and the monastery’s bell was thrown in the Dâmbovița River, people blaming it cursed and leaving it in ruins.According to locals, the bell can still be heard ringing on full moon nights, many audio records proving this fact. Moreover, it is said that on one of the walls near the entrance can be glimpsed the face of a beautiful lady, which is said to be Ancuța, the daughter of Mrs. Chiajna, who would have been killed on the orders of her mother after she ran with her beloved without her mother’s approval. On top of that, in the area would have been several murders and numerous mysterious disappearances.

Cișmigiu Hotel – The building was closed in 1970 and reopened in 1990, when it was converted into hostel for students of the Faculty of Theatre and Film. Legend says that in a weekend, when all the students were away on vacation, a young woman from Moldova was raped and then thrown into the elevator shaft. She died there, after three hours she desperately cried for help, with no one to hear her. Many say that her screams can still be heard.

Hospital of the Posts – Previously housed in the building behind the Stavropoleos Church, Hospital of the Posts was a site of organ trafficking. It is said that, especially in long winter nights, can be heard on adjacent streets groans and cries of those who died in hospital beds.

“House of the Devil” on General Praporgescu Street – The house, which now looks degraded, is distinguished by the ivy that covers it entirely. It is the site of two tragic events: in the interwar period, a man would have killed here two women, and within a few years, a young woman would have committed suicide.Some say that on full moon nights on one of the walls of the house can be seen the number 666, symbol of the devil, and here would live a demonic entity full of hate and anger, that can be felt from afar.

Orphanage on the French Street – Legend says the house, located at number 13, is haunted by no less than 203 children’s spirits. In this orphanage were brought homeless children, even by its owner – Stavrache Hagi-Orman. He kept the kids in unimaginable conditions, without water and without food. After dozens of children died of starvation, the orphanage was closed. Locals reported voices of children crying “Water, we want water!”.

Vernescu House on the Victory Avenue – It is named by locals “Cellar of the Devil” (Romanian: Hruba lui Scaraoțchi). Here still operate a casino. It is said that in the past century, several players committed suicide inside the house after they lost the entire fortunes at roulette. Reports indicate three ghosts that haunt the house. They shake the furniture, cause air currents and sometimes even appear on the hallways of the building. Passers also reported strong odor of sulfur in the building’s yard.

Witches’ Pond – According to the legend, the pond located in Boldu-Crețeasca Forest, having a diameter of only 5 m, is the place where Vlad the Impaler was beheaded. It is said that after the 1977 earthquake many trucks unloaded debris in the pond, with the aim of stoppering it. Within weeks, the debris disappeared in its waters, although the pond has a depth of only one meter and a half. Locals say that many times when pregnant women didn’t want the child went to the pond, bathed and ridded the pregnancy. Even the animals would be scared of this place: there would be no frog or any being that lives in the pond, and the animals don’t drink water from there. The pond is famous for the gipsy witches that gather each year to Sânziene, St. George and St. Andrew to practice their magic rituals. Near this eye of water have been observed over time strange phenomena, like globular lightnings or storms started suddenly. The pond never change, doesn’t dry, doesn’t expand, whether it rains or is drought. In a video from mid-90s is shown a strange phenomenon: in midsummer, on an area of some square meters it snowed, immediately after a woman from the stunt team was terribly amused while trying to put a helmet on the head of a mannequin that portrayed Vlad the Impaler.

Călărași County

Călugăreasca Forest – It is a forest of mulberry trees, where it is said that the wind never blows. Here, people say that existed a monastery of monks, but they were killed by the Turks, and the place was made one with the earth by the pagans. The last monk killed by the Turkish army threw a curse upon them. So that, after death, the spirits of those who have defiled hands with the blood of the monks returned in thickets of Călugăreasca, from where they never found the way out.At the edge of the forest are also a lot of crosses, which legend says that stand sentry as the pagans’ spirits can not escape. People are reluctant to seek the thickets of Călugăreasca due to the curses, and the only safe place in the woods was the large white cross that reminds about the monastery and that protects those who pray next to it when the night catches them in the grove.

Cluj County

Bánffy Castle in Bonțida – Dubbed “the Versailles of Transylvania”, the castle is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young servant who paid with his life because he revealed that his mistress deceived her husband. Another variant is that the place is haunted by the ghosts of those who died in Bánffy during the Second World War, when the castle was converted by Germans into a military hospital. Legend says that there were often seen sinister shadows that seemed to be of some soldiers, while through walls were heard strange noises, groans, sounds of footsteps or indistinct voices.

Hoia Forest – The forest near Cluj-Napoca has long been known for the mysterious events that take place here and was even cataloged as a gateway to another dimension. Dubbed “the Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania”, the forest is one of the most active areas of the world in terms of paranormal phenomena. Legends would have occurred, it seems, after a shepherd disappeared into the forest along with his 200 sheep and no one managed to find neither he nor any part of the flock. It was only the first mysterious disappearance that took place in the forest. People who accidentally pass right through active areas report skin burns, redness, irritations, headaches, amplified sensation of thirst, anxiety, sensation of fainting. Hoia Forest became famous in the world after on 18 August 1968, military technician Emil Barnea photographed in the Round Glade (Romanian: Poiana Rotundă) an UFO, the photos being among the few of this kind genuine, according to experts. Numerous accounts of villagers reported unexplained physical sensations, observations of various shapes and colors lights, strange shadows, voices and human faces. The local vegetation is often bizarre. The trees have strange shapes, even human faces can be depicted from their trunks. In 2000, Alexandru Pătruț, President of the Romanian Society of Parapsychology, caught a strange phenomenon in the forest, around the Easter: a kind of sap flowed profusely from the top of the trees. Next day, everything was dry. He also reported strange sounds of ambulance sirens, tire exploding and even cuckoo clock. The forest was included in top 15 most haunted places in the world by the American magazine Travel+Leisure.

Constanța County

Tomis Nord neighbourhood from Constanța Supposedly, the neighbourhood is haunted by a woman who was decapitated by her husband who believed that he was cheated on.

Dâmbovița County

Bride’s Trinity on DN7 – On national road DN7, near the town of Găești, there is a monument called Bride’s Trinity or Margareta’s Trinity. Here it is said that on 24 September 1936, Margareta Ștefănescu died in a car accident, even on her wedding day, and since then the place has become cursed.  In the area have occurred a lot of fatal crashes, even if the road is straight and with maximum visibility. The road was “baptized” by locals “the Road of Crosses”. In the road tragedies are involved especially men. For example, only in 2008–09 in that place 12 young men died, mostly unmarried. Likewise, there were several reports of a silhouette of a woman dressed in white near the trinity.

Dolj County

Radovan Forest – Dozens of people, especially men, have drowned over time in Lake Fântânele of Radovan. Locals put numerous tragedies on account of the curse of a bride, who legend says that in the 1940s hanged herself in the forest surrounding the lake. Her story has two versions: one, according to that a young Moldovan woman arrived in Oltenia with her family, would have committed suicide after her husband was beaten to death on the night of the wedding; the second version says that she has committed suicide after, even before the wedding, would have been raped by a kulak that employed her. Locals say the bride haunts the road near the forest, and the passers are advised to move quickly and try to simply overlook any sound or appearance, otherwise the bride will lead them in the heart of the forest, from where they won’t ever return.

Bulzești commune Villagers talk about the “creatures by the hill”. A long time ago, the village was moved because of the strigoi. According to a villager:“The evil spirits haunt us at both day and night. Nobody dares to go up the hill because of the vampires. A neighbour has paralyzed many years ago when he bumped into one of the evil spirits. He couldn’t find his peace and does bad things to all those around him” The Romanian poet Marin Sorescu, born in the commune, mentioned the legend in his poem “Dumneata”: One night, here, by the fountains,| Where homes are rare, due to the ghosts |Who they say have showed around |And the people were strained to put houses there, for the ghosts to have their place.(…)

Iași County

House of Gavril Buzatu on Manta Roșie – In this house from Iași lived Gavril Buzatu, “the last executioner of Moldova”. The house was the site of several killings and atrocities. It is reportedly haunted by strigoi about people think would be the thieves beheaded by Gavril Buzatu. During the night can be heard howls of beast or human, followed by roars of laughter. Here can be seen strange lights that “run” through the mansion, especially during the winter. A former tenant reported a black creature running through the nearby forest. Likewise, were seen flames lighting up suddenly in the abandoned salons.

Lungani Hill – It is said that the hill that separates the villages of Goești and Brăești is haunted by thousands of ghosts of soldiers from the World War I. Locals reported white lights, silhouettes of soldiers descending from the cemetery into the valley, at night, late after 12 o'clock. On the other side of the hill, in the commune of Lungani, peasants saw headless people who went on the road or even the devil in the body of child or cat.

Maramureș County

E58 near Cicârlău – The area is known by drivers as one where many accidents happen. The accidents are attributed to a ghost which is said that comes out from the crops and scares the drivers. In the 1930s, a young woman named Pălăguța, envied by women for her beauty, was accused of witchcraft and beaten to death. Old people speak about a kind of animal with very long legs which haunted the village in Tuesday nights. It is said that appeared after midnight and went to houses where women violated the church rule. Women would have been hit in the temple and died or remained paralyzed.

Prahova County

Iulia Hasdeu Castle in Câmpina – Bizarre by its architecture, Iulia Hasdeu Castle was built by writer Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu in the memory of Iulia Hasdeu, his daughter, who died at age 19. It is said that the castle was built in accordance with the indications received during some seances, from his dead daughter. Locals say that during the night, Iulia Hasdeu can be heard playing the piano, in father’s applause.

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Not bad, Romania, not bad at all.

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Mud volcanoes

We visited one of Romania’s most incredible natural wonders, a geological and botanical reserve, located in Buzau County. The Berca mud volcanoes are formed due to rising gases from oilfields deep underground, pushing mud and water up along the way. There are dozens of mud volcanoes scattered around over three main areas.

Two areas require payment of 4 RON but there is also a smaller, third area which is free, but difficult to access by vehicle.

As the volcanoes’ intensity are largely affected by water in the soil, it’s advised not to visit when raining. Also, listen to the guy at the ticket office about not stepping in the lava, it’s extremely sticky and smells very strongly. You really don’t want it all over your shoes, trust me.

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This is Capra, a Romanian folk costume worn as part of a traditional song and dance which is performed door to door during the holiday period, bringing good luck and warding off evil spirits. Crăciun Fericit!

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If the European Union was a country.

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I decided to make some of these about Romanian problems

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Funny picture sad stories😂 I moved to an other country when I was 12, I can still speak my native language perfectly i mean almost but sometimes when I write I make mistakes because I don't know how to write a word or I'm not sure about the grammar rule. It happens sometimes not always of course but when it dose people from my country get mad at me :v the question is: #Crezi că sunt analfabet?

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Romania 2♡14

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just eastern european things:

having a drawer full of plastic bags and storing plastic bags in another plastic bag

uncomfortable family reunions for every single holiday where everyone brings ridiculous amounts of food and several 2 litre bottles of soda

having to finish your food every time because you or your parents paid for it and if you paid for it you have to eat it

CABBAGE

homemade wine from plastic bottles that your family or your uncle’s neighbours’ wife’s cousin made in the countryside

cheap alcohol and cigarettes

foreign men always coming to your country and declaring ah yes i heard that eastern european women are beautiful

that one relative your mom hates and who she always makes polite but slightly salty conversation with at reunions but then after a few glasses of homemade wine you know they’ll get into an argument

your parents’ and grandparents’ revolution/war/army stories that you’ve heard a thousand times before

those red plastic candle holders that melt with the candle but everyone is still buying to burn underneath a picture of jesus??

crochet placemats everywhere

‘persian’ carpets that have been in the family forever. everyone always trips on them but there are always the persian carpets

your grandmother has at least one plastic statue of virgin mary in her house somewhere and at least one wood painting of jesus

tiny pocket-size, laminated pictures of saints that your grandmother always buys at church and give to everyone every time they visit

potatoes

the eternal fascination of every adult with the news on tv. one news hour ends? switch to another channel for the exact same news

the group of old women gathered outside on a bench, there is always a bench and there is always old ladies and they always tell you that you’ve grown so much since they last saw you even though it was just last week

the cars are parked on the sidewalks, the cars are parked on the street, to the point where you’re not exactly sure where you’re supposed to be walking

there is always a queue and it’s always eternal

growing tomatoes

a bowl of plastic fruit??

your grandparents giving you money for your birthday ‘to buy yourself some cakes/sweets’ and you having to pretend you don’t want it ‘no come on you don’t have to’ before inevitably accepting it ‘you really didn’t have to thank you’ 

spending that money on cheap alcohol

as soon as it hits 24 degrees everyone is out grilling food, in the back yard, in the park, in the cemetery, on top of a soviet-time apartment building…

SAUSSAGES

these plastic things on every table always in godawful floral or fruit patterns

and finally

weird shit like this