a lot of people do a lot of different things in this world
some people do this some people do that me I do Romanian road trips
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beat the train awesome now I know what you're thinking yet another Vlog where we admire the
beauty of the Romanian Countryside but actually in this Vlog we are also going to be admiring the
beauty of the Serbian Countryside because across the Danube River is Serbia and I did not realize
the river was so big I know this is a very North American or a very non-european perspective but
the Danube River is so massive it looks like a lake we're staying in the Romanian town called
arsova we've got a place right on the water and we got an up close front row seat to the size and
the vastness of the Danube River I'm starting to get a sense as to why the trian bridge was such
an engineering Masterpiece if you guys remember uh Roman Emperor trian like 1900 years ago built
a bridge to cross the Danube the reason he did it was he was having so much trouble fighting these
barbarians called the dachins uh the massive Roman army was struggling to fight the much smaller Army
called The dachin Barbarians because they were led by this guy so this is the face of King decibel
the last of the Barbarian Kings he successfully fought off the Romans more than a few times until
finally tragically he took his own life in the year 106 because he realized he was going to get
captured by the Romans and things were not going to be pretty so as far as a tourist attraction
goes it really is just a big face you just sort of come here stand on the bridge yeah and look at the
face but let me tell you the history that comes with uh King decibel really makes it worth it it's
really fun to imagine the 80s and I don't mean the 1980s I mean the 80s because uh King decibel
was King in the 80s and the 90s and then the turn of the first century when he finally lost to the
Roman army so naturally he's a Romanian hero a bit of a shame there's nobody named decibel in Romania
name you're right it's kind of a nice name yeah we haven't met anyone named decibel maybe there is if
you're a decimal watching this video hit me up in the comments because it's a nice name decibel yeah
yeah and he is seen as sort of like a freedom fighter he was rebelling or at least fighting
against the massive Roman army successfully winning with a smaller Army for decades and
decades what's very interesting too is obviously decibel is a national hero but so is emperor trian
because the word Romanian actually comes from the word Roman Roman uh the language Romanian is very
similar to the language Italian and So ethnically speaking Romanians are part barbarian king
dachin and part uh Emperor Triad Roman which is sort of uh an incredible history it's not
every day we go to a country where the guy fighting against the imperialists is a hero
and the Imperial this is the hero right and often uh King decibel and Emperor Tryon are depicted in
one image they could not have been bigger enemies but they're sort of two opposite sides of the
Romanians interesting history so really love the history here in terms of a tourist attraction
it's just a face big face but the history that comes with it I would absolutely recommend it
it's it's I mean imagine the 80s were people admiring the beauty of the Danube where the
dachshunds admiring the the vastness of the Danube how could you not admire the beauty
here it's it's hard not to admire I feel like that's right but I'm also worried that maybe
they were so busy trying to cut each other's heads off that they didn't have much time to
to appreciate the harmony of uh mother nature and just sort of God's grace all around you
um but with that being said amazing history we are right in the spot where decibel ruled and
around here is where he successfully fought off the Roman army imagine that and now we're just
I think the beauty of this of this rock sculpture here very nice which looks like a little bit like
Mount Rushmore in America but right this is very very impressive Romanian Rushmore so today
Ivana and I are going to take a hike admire the beauty of the Danube and then we will end up at
a hot spring which I believe was discovered by the Romans uh thousands of years ago yes
so we can relax in the same way the Roman army would have after they finally after Decades of
trying conquered Deja there you have it guys okay so far so good uh one more time just for
just for honesty's sake I did not realize that Danny river is so big it looks like a lake it
looks like a lake it's such a big river I mean how many countries does it go through
I don't even know like I know Serbia Romania Austria Czech Republic Czech Republic uh Germany
wow it's a massive River okay there you have it guys a bit of a ignorant opinion the river
is big but that's my first impression it's like holy jumping looks like a lake yeah all
right let's go explore the uh biggest river in Europe wow I believe all right let's go
we were here at the perfect time of year do you think it's so beautiful trees are
just perfect yellow one right yeah and the Danube is just beautiful oh huge River man
this is huge right yeah and Serbia is just right there across from us that's Serbia Serbia
wow two unicorn
beautiful during the fall time the leaves are all on the ground just nice
beautiful something about crunchy leaves just nice yeah right you can
imagine Ivana barbarians walking here fighting off the Romans 1900 years ago
although I think I would not be a good Barbarian we've been walking for half an
hour I'm already hungry that's true that's true I feel like barbarian's uh fighting all the time
I have a lot of questions about Barbarian Society do they have money
coins maybe they had coins did they have salt did they have salt that was money I
was gonna say did they have bread I guess so they made bread did they have proper recipes
oh or is it more like you just make bread and eat bread I think just bread and meat maybe raw meat
food fact oh by the way guys we picked up a dog for a hike which when you're hiking it's nice to
have a dog yeah yeah he's our protector shops near so it's good to have a dog oh that's good
news yeah just great I tell you what five stars hike oh it's beautiful come on can't beat it
this is like uh something from a fairy tale yeah and we haven't even seen the
few the few the top few coming soon yeah but the journey there five stars already Boombah
you know what I'm thinking Ivana I'm kind of surprised The Barbarians had a king
seems like Barbarian in my head is more every man for himself
but someone Gotta Be You Know Take the Lead they had a king that probably means
they had money I think these barbarians were more sophisticated than I might be thinking in my head
they had a king they had money they fought the Romans do they have houses and cities or do they
just have like nomadic I think they had houses with ovens they're making bread every day yeah
I think they're more sophisticated barbarians than maybe I was giving them credit for you
know more like hunters and gutters no I think they had cities hmm I never had houses yeah
nice place to pitch a tent no I wanna yeah you put your tent right here not exactly
flat you'd be sleeping on an angle but look at a view here phew oh down there's a water
holy jumping nice
this is the viewpoint very nice
oh wow I don't mean
some snacks for dressable I think so oh yeah you like apples they like apples
auce
I packed some sandwiches leave him a bite at the end yeah be patient that's about
uh-huh look at this month and a view
by the way in the sandwich from Anna's Farm
there you go yummy yummy sandwich right buddy who's getting there I think it's everything better
foreign
so I've got no words in my vocab to describe the view here I think it's actually the best Drone
footage we've ever gotten really I think it's some of the best drone shots I've ever seen wow
this is just beautiful I don't know if the Drone looks good but in real life it's oh I don't want
to leave this place I know me neither and you really get a sense of the scale when you see
these tiny little boats uh naturally we had the choice to go on a boat Adventure or on a hiking
Adventure we chose the hiking Adventure uh the boat Adventure was highly recommended yes I'm
sure it's great but up here I just we wanted the view up here oh my gosh the thing about a boat is
it's always water level so up here uh I think we made the right choice although I'm sure the boat
ride is also great what do you want me to say five stars six stars best ever most beautiful place in
Romania all the superlatives I can say oh my God this place is amazing oh my gosh we got a lot of
favorite plays in Romania but oh we have one more time one more to add to the list this is just
amazing wow just amazing okay let's head back down Ivana we've got about an hour hiking down and then
we'll go to a hot spring which should be a perfect way to rest after our hike I mean this quality of
viewpoint for only one hour hiking is pretty nice yeah because it could have been a six day
Trek for this but one hour is combine that with a really really good sandwich take a break cut with
homemade zakuska from Anna's Farm in the sandwich and our dog with us dude six stars oh my goodness
all right the journey continues the Adventure Continues here in small town
Romania so believe it or not if we look over the ledge here this whole river has
a bunch of pools on the left and right maybe we can see one uh up around the corner where
uh the water is hot so the whole river more or less smells like that sort of rotten eggs sulfur
uh smell and actually the name of this place is the Herculean bath because the story is Hercules
himself visited this very River and sort of warmed up and bathed after one of his heroic uh Legends
so we did see a sign that said Emperor Tryon actually founded this place in the year 110 A.D
now these buildings we're seeing are not from 2000 years ago obviously but they are from 200 years
ago or so because in the 1800s the austrians loved this place and they built a lot of these buildings
which quite often have a plaque in front of them although it seems to be hit or miss some of them
have English some of them don't yes but even before we read all of the uh plaques visually it's
amazing place you've got this 200 year old stuff I guess 200 years ago there was no electricity
early 1800s so having hot water at your disposal was a really nice thing especially during the
day especially during the cold winter so there's a bunch of good information and good plaques and
many many good Instagram spots all around here because of the uh frequently in disrepair 200
year old buildings buildings and the mountain backdrop just makes this place really nice
really great and actually the fact that it's fall the leaves are all changing color and the trees
are all dying kind of fits with the fact that a lot of the buildings are under renovation and
uh derelict right because everything's sort of colorful and falling apart and looks very
beautiful but with that being said I think it's time we jump down the Riverbanks and
see if we can find a pool I guess it's free to enter because they're just everywhere uh
all around so we can just go find one and uh soak in some hot uh egg water egg water
dude let's go
healing healing healing oh
relax this is nice after a day of hiking and exploring this is just perfect oh yes here we are
in the same hot water had people 2 000 years ago Romans we're enjoying you're just up there it's
more hot I'm a bit nervous to make a vlog amongst the bathing suit Community but I'm doing my best
uh nice it's very relaxing I would recommend I would recommend check it out man oh yeah very nice
just find the river there the smell is actually not so bad yeah it doesn't smell here it was
Stronger down there yeah so we're in the smell and the water you can see it's so clear and nice
pretty nice there you have it guys all right we had an absolutely great day today I love this
little Community it's so beautiful over here um the whole area is nice from the
decibel structure to hiking the dining Gorge and then now this little hot spring area is amazing
another part of Romania we love okay let's enjoy see you guys later let's let's relax and uh
heat ourselves up bye-bye