Travel around Romania

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

One may legitimately wonder why does Prince Charles come so often to Romania, why did he buy and restore houses in Transylvania, and why does he repeatedly speak so highly of Romania and its people. Tour in Transylvania On my November trip around Transylvania, I stopped in two special locations: Miclosoara and Valea Zalanului. Just […]

My wife and I were married in Arad, Romania and while making wedding preparations I was struck by a Romanian tradition. Invitations for Romanian weddings are handed out person to person and family to family. This tradition is meant to demonstrate respect for the relationship by giving each guest special attention and time to consider […]

Driving to the Danube River We left Timisoara on a chilly Friday morning. The weekend was reserved for photo shooting in nature. In mid October fall is at its best so capturing on camera the kaleidoscope of colors on hills’ slides and mountains couldn’t have been a better topic for our outing. After a pleasant […]