Transylvania. Dracula pops up in most people’s minds when they hear that word, and with good reason. Bram Stoker’s novel took place in Transylvania, but the writer himself actually never visited Romania. Although there are…
Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, Innsbruck Photo: Rolf Roletschek / Wikimedia The Winter Youth Oympics—a relative youth itself, since the first was only held in 2012—will hold its 2020 games in…
Gorgeous groceries…but can you afford them? Photo: Lyzadanger / Wikimedia Travelers planning vacations in Europe quickly become aware that some countries are more
Driving through Transylvania, Romania we passed these unfinished palatial houses in the town of Huedin, I was fascinated why would anyone build these grandiose, gaudy looking houses and leave them unfinished. Some even looked deserted….
This is a day full of emotions for me, mainly happy ones! For me, the Iron Curtain ended on Sept 12th, 1989 when my son was born. I lived in Communist Romania for a lot of 1988-1989. I was one of the few Americans banned from…
Today we did a tiny walk through Muresenilor Street . On the top of the hill lays a must-see tourist point from Brasov: The Citadel, Brasov Fortress foto: Maria Balascau
The Easter is the most important celebration of the Romanian people and it is preceded by numerous preparations and rituals. One of the rituals consists in the preparation of the Romanian traditional food, which for me is the most important thing…
The Palm Sunday as known in the other countrys it’s a well-known holiday, a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter . The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem , an event…
The Palm Sunday as known in the other countrys it’s a well-known holiday, a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter . The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem , an…
Everyone is wondering when the legend of Dracula came in the public attention for the first time and if this legend has something to do with Vlad the Impaler- the prince of Wallachia. Well the legend starts when this man Vlad the Impaler was chosen by the well-known writer Bram Stoker to be the leading hero for his book published in 1897. Since then, Dracula and Transylvania, the land where the mysterious castle full of ghosts and vampires is located, became the subject of many movies, over…
Transylvania. Dracula pops up in most people’s minds when they hear that word, and with good reason. Bram Stoker’s novel took place in Transylvania, but the writer himself actually never visited Romania. Although there are…
Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, Innsbruck Photo: Rolf Roletschek / Wikimedia The Winter Youth Oympics—a relative youth itself, since the first was only held in 2012—will hold its 2020 games in…
Gorgeous groceries…but can you afford them? Photo: Lyzadanger / Wikimedia Travelers planning vacations in Europe quickly become aware
Driving through Transylvania, Romania we passed these unfinished palatial houses in the town of Huedin, I was fascinated why would anyone build these grandiose, gaudy looking houses and leave them unfinished. Some even looked deserted….
This is a day full of emotions for me, mainly happy ones! For me, the Iron Curtain ended on Sept 12th, 1989 when my son was born. I lived in Communist Romania for a lot of 1988-1989. I was one of the few Americans banned from…
Today we did a tiny walk through Muresenilor Street . On the top of the hill lays a must-see tourist point from Brasov: The Citadel, Brasov Fortress foto: Maria Balascau
The Easter is the most important celebration of the Romanian people and it is preceded by numerous preparations and rituals. One of the rituals consists in the preparation of the Romanian traditional food, which for me is the most important thing…
The Palm Sunday as known in the other countrys it’s a well-known holiday, a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter . The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem , an event…
The Palm Sunday as known in the other countrys it’s a well-known holiday, a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter . The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem , an…
Everyone is wondering when the legend of Dracula came in the public attention for the first time and if this legend has something to do with Vlad the Impaler- the prince of Wallachia. Well the legend starts when this man Vlad the Impaler was chosen by the well-known writer Bram Stoker to be the leading hero for his book published in 1897. Since then, Dracula and Transylvania, the land where the mysterious castle full of ghosts and vampires is located, became the subject of many movies, over…
