Category Archives: Travel reports
Halloween special – staking out the castle of Dracula
“The ruins of Poienari Castle sit high on a mountain peak with a seemingly never-ending vista looking out over deep gorges, charcoal-gray cliffs and mountain streams. It’s a natural paradise, but we did not make the trip to this castle just for the awesome view. Visitors come for its connection to history’s most famous vampire, Dracula. [...]
They got a Cluj
Another Brit with a footballing passion (is this a pleonasm?) and enjoyable writing has shared impressions from Romania. Nick Ames typically writes for Arsenal Football Club, but this correspondence was written for the “European Football Weekends” website. With no further due, “The waitress in balmy Piata Muzeului bears a striking resemblance to Jelena Dokic – [...]
Romania through the eyes of an Australian photographer
For those passionate about photography, Romania offers a wide variety of shooting opportunities. Some have been explored by Mitchell Karnashkevich, an Australian (judging from the phone number) travel photographer, who shares some of his impressions on his blog: “I would have liked my trip to Maramures to have felt like a trip into a different [...]
The New York Times spying on Bucharest’s Cool Underground
“About three years ago, Bucharest experienced a revolution that was entirely ignored by the international community. (…) So subtle was the transformation, in fact, that most Bucharestians probably didn’t quite realize what was going on. (…) It was just this kind of innovation I had come to this city of two million to discover. For [...]
At the End of the World
„This is the only train from Sighetu Marmației to București. Don’t miss it!”
I miss it!
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
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Latest Romanian news
- Romania's new Ungureanu government passes Parliament vote as opposition MPs skip procedure
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- Ex-ForMin, current Foreign Intelligence chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu designated new Romania prime-minister
- UPDATE PM Emil Boc announces Government steps down to ease social tension in Romania. President Basescu names Justice minister Catalin Predoiu interim PM
- Romania census: Population stands at 1966 level of 19 million people, down 2.6 million as compared to 2002 census
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