Explore the “Carpathian Garden” brand

Has your Romanian friend been somewhat distant of late? Don’t worry, it’s got nothing to do with you. (S)He has just been preoccupied – engaged in a multi-headed monster debate that has been raging across the nation. Apparently, in its infinite wisdom, the Romanian tourism ministry has attempted to

At the End of the World

„This is the only train from Sighetu Marmației to București. Don’t miss it!”

I miss it!

To the end of the world

My host asks me again if I am sure that I really want to go „to the end of the world”.

I am sure.

The Pilgrimage

I am showered with kisses, and offered pears, grapes, and sunflower seeds along the way.

The Bull Country

The radio in the bus is playing the Bollywood song „Shikdum Shikdum”.

Bucuresti, once again

By now, I have sort of unofficially become the București guide of the Swiss guy, telling him about the places to go to and places to see

4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile – Review

The movie is fascinating in that it provides a slight glimpse into what life might have been in Ceauşescu’s România.

Return journey to London

Rules are not for Indians. Not in Romania.

Curtea de Argeş

It is said that the workers building the monastery were struggling with a peculiar problem: they’d build the walls by the day, and by night these would come down, and they’d start again the next day with the same result. Then one day the chief architect Meşterul Manole had a dream.

In Piteşti

T. Bowyer’s comment on Piteşti, based on Luigi Mayer’s etchings was, “nothing more wild or romantic can be conceived”.

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