the best part
I've come to the end of the my Romania posts. These are my favourite photos out of all, in fact, my favourite day as well. It's of a visit to a quiet little palace in the countryside. It had lovely neoclassical architecture and was built in the early nineteenth century.
There were Louis XVI furniture which were left behind by the previous owners. The moulding, baseboards and patchy wallpaper was out of control! After studying European architecture, seeing one up close and in considerably good condition whilst still being beautiful and derlict at the same time is such a dream. Surprisingly, the wood stairs and herringbone parquet were only showing natural wear but were still in one piece.
I've been watching Downton Abbey lots and the whole upstairs/downstairs resonated in this house (as I have not seen a proper European building with the whole kit) as it had a huge, dungeon-like downstairs complete with white tiles from floor to almost up to the ceiling. Being so dark down there it now makes me think of those crazy horror flicks where the baddies do nasty things in the basement...I digress.
You can imagine that with a massive building like this, the land that it's on is equally impressive. The palace has two fountains; a complete one in the front and a broken down one at the back. Of course, no palace is complete without it's own greenhouse. Unfortunately, this one was ravaged (by time, war, trespassers...who knows) but nevertheless the skeletal structure still looked beautiful amongst all the flora. The gardens were somewhat overgrown and you could find lilacs here and there. I've never smelled the actual flower before and I did not realise how lovely the fragrance was.
I'm super glad I got to see this place. I'm glad I got to explore this area and that the weather was cooperating -a few days later there was this downpour in Bucharest. I hope this place stays the way it is and does not deteriorate anymore. I would like to visit it again someday.
The little adventure really made my day and had to be my favourite place of all Romania. A big thank you to Dan's friend, Dragos for sharing this little gem with us. I hope you all enjoyed!
