The unknown villages of Transylvania with stories that are yet to be discovered t was a cold November morning and I was hesitating if I should leave the warmth of the house or not. But curiosity won and off I … Read More
Passing through Apple County when Autumn is knocking on the door It was Autumn! The calendar said so. The decreased temperatures outside said so. The invading yellows and reds all over the trees said so. Everything around me said so…Yep…It … Read More
Walking on Dracula`s footsteps. Bucharest to Poienari Arges, Vidraru Dam and then trying to cross the Fagaras mountains to Transylvania on Transfagarasan road Another Sunday, another escape. This time, I wasn`t after a hard working week but after a night in … Read More
How to escape Bucharest without having a plan From Bucharest to Campina, going to Valea Doftanei deep in the mountains. Crossing the Secaria to Comarnic to go to Sinaia and then back to Bucharest Despite having a dreadful week and … Read More
Seeking for the Sarmizegetusa, the ancient Dacian citadel hidden in the core of Orastie Mountains in South-West Transylvania When you hear Transylvania, many of you will probably think Dracula, Bran, Brasov, Sibiu, Sighisoara, rolling green hills…Well..YES! Transylvania is all … Read More
Saturday morning and I am walking on the streets of Sibiu desperately looking for a place where I can buy a cup of coffee. Maybe you wonder why on earth would I do that on a Saturday morning? Well, the … Read More
When the mind wins over matter. Climbing 7 hours from Victoria town to Chalet Podragu, 2136 m altitude, Fagaras Mountains I am always saying yes without thinking things through to all crazy trips ideas. The yes is coming first and … Read More
God Bless the Summer!!! Yes!!! I do love Summer! It is not for the good weather I love it, or for the abundance of the sun heat, sometimes having a bit too much. Or for the vacations I took. That`s … Read More
January, and it is Winter. Precisely the moment I dislike the most in a year. I look around me and I see everything immersed in a state of numbness. Every day I am hunting for a glimpse of a lost … Read More
The Noise Beyond Stillness Seeing a statue always makes me think about Irving Stone`s book “The Agony and Ecstasy“, and automatically I am trying to imagine the artist facing a huge piece of rock trying to see inside it the … Read More