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April 15, 2014
My Romanian holiday fantasy continues eastward and takes me to Brasov (Braṣov in Romanian), one of Transylvania’s finest cities. It was originally an old Saxon settlement, the birth place of the Romanian national anthem, and home to the Golden Stag Festival which features world-class musical entertainment year after year. I can’t wait to explore! Crowned for greatness In the Middle […]
March 28, 2014
Since honesty is always the best policy, I must start with a confession: I have not visited Romania yet. I flew over it a couple of times, but it was cloudy, so it’s safe to say I have never touched or even spotted Romanian soil. Not for much longer, though! This summer, I am finally visiting my neighbor to the […]
March 14, 2014
The thinning snow cover on the surrounding hills melts away as the dawn’s first rays seem to kiss it away. The only sound you hear is the gentle murmur of ice water running down your lodging’s roof. Your gaze meanders between the green hills. It’s time to go. As you leave the family-run hotel, you throw a last gander at […]
March 11, 2014
With the second most important tourism event just behind us, I was pondering on what makes us travel. I often ask myself this question because for me traveling is vital so I wonder if we all have the “bug” or just some. My theory is that we all love to travel; some might not travel by moving physically from a […]
December 27, 2013
Romania has had beautiful sunny days for Christmas with temperatures that often we have for Easter. Except for a few parts of the country (especially the mountains), we did not have snow this year. One of these lucky locations to get white in time for Santa’s arrival is Viscri. As a dear friend told me while showing me these pictures, […]
December 15, 2013
The short answer to the question above is: nothing. Except for sharing a few letters and for being both related to Romania, Raluca and Dracula have nothing in common. The idea for this article came from some (not a few!) incidents in which people not familiar with the name “Raluca”, would call me RaCULA instead. It happened mostly in Germany, […]
