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Laura Boldovici

Romania is at its best in Autumn, when the natural world changes colour, from green  to many shades of russet, red, golden, yellow, black, amber, pink and brown.  Autumn is also my favourite season. The weather is just perfect, it’s time for layers of clothing, great food and wine, romantic walks through parks or forests, […]

Why do we travel? Because it shows us we’re not alone, it shows us that a person from the other side of the globe, speaking a different language and believing in a different god can be exactly like us, can feel the same joy when looking at something beautiful and can feel the same pain when hurt. Travel opens our minds, connects us in ways we never thought possible.

It’s September and time for us to look back at what we did this summer, and – boy! – it was the summer of records. It took 38 days, 12 of our best guides, reservations to no less than 14 hotels and scores of places to experience and stories to hear in three countries – […]

If you decide you are brave enough to cross the border into Moldova,  Chisinau would be the very first surprise. A city of contrasts, where the old and the new live together. Expect good hearty food, with multi-ethnic restaurants. But the best surprise of all is the wine. Red, white, rose or sparkling, Moldova has […]

Skiing is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think Romania. Mountains here are slightly lower than the Alps, and due to the general throwback of the communist period, they’ve had a shorter history of slope management and a less established skiing tradition. That’s what brought a handful of adventure-seeking people to […]

What comes to mind when you think about Romania? Or let’s put it like that: why would you visit Romania? My answer is easy, it’s the raw beauty of its mountains and forests, the simple charm of its villages, and the honest hospitality of the people. Luckily, more and more young entrepreneurs understand this and […]