Nu, nu-i ușor să intri în poveste. Îți trebuie… așa, un pic de chef să schimbi șablonul. Școală, servici, treburi. Din nou, școală, servici, teme, treburi. Ce plictiseală! Iți trebuie și puțin curaj, puțină deschidere către altă perspectivă. Către joacă, către nou. Dar iată, astăzi am spart plictiseala, în cioburi colorate, de poveste. Apoi am...Read More
Cum nu știm unde este nordul? Știm. Cel puțin, copiii din clasa a VII-a B, de la Școala Gimnazială ”Ion Creangă” au știut, astăzi. Că de fapt, Calea Galați se mai numea Drumul Iașiului (Route de Iassy, în planul Borroczyn, 1834). Ce nu știau ei, era povestea fostei citadele ori a Hotelului Francez, unde a...Read More
The old city guided tour – Guests from Austria, Viena. And if you think that Constantin Hepites (1804 – 1890), our huge local personality, studied the medicine and the pharmacology in Viena (he graduated in 1926, in 1931 he was already officially in charge with “The health service” of the town) ) that was a...Read More
When they are doing this, roving here and there, in a sunny sunday afternoon, along a desert street, well…that’ s their chance to find out more about the former glorious city of Braila. Urban stories at a glance and a fine discussion about Mariana Gavrila Vesa’ s recent exhibition – many wonderful and colourful pieces...Read More
Living statues- mime artists and a wonderful street performance into the Monument Park. By Masca Theater from Bucharest. Back in time, into the 19- th century. The noise of Paris, the old fashioned music and the colors of its streets, its diverse society ..all of them expressed by funny eccentric characters. I just loved the...Read More
Drops of colours above our head. Rainbow ideas waving into the sky. Colourful umbrellas shadowing the sun bathed street in July. Yes, it was happening along The Eminescu Street (the former Royal Street). Of course, the idea is not new in the world. Its origin is in Agueda, Portugal (2011). Usually that’s a cheap urban...Read More
To a transient or daydreamer tourist, Braila might seem a dusty and dull city, even ruined here and there. Trams, malls, the unispired architecture of the modern flats, modern squares, all of them do not remind of the former city’s glory and richness. Not at all. But… To the curious tourist, equally equipped with a...Read More
There are hundreds of reasons to visit Braila and thousands of others, to love the city as it reveals itself in front of the curious tourist’ s eyes. Perhaps it is not the most popular destination, but for sure it deserves to be put on the world touristic map, as an interesting and representative one,...Read More
Old enough. The first documentary attestation of the town dates from the XIV th century, 20 january 1368. Braila is the third oldest city after Câmpulung and Curtea de Argeş. The document was a commercial privilege signed by Vlaicu Voda, the ruler of former Walachia (part of the present Romania) which was empowering the traders...Read More
