New year, new resolutions and new projects for 2018 The arrival of 2018 has caught me far from Romania and from Europe. I celebrated the beginning of the new year on the beach, under the sun (actually under the moon 🙂 ), in Australia. It […]
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Biking in Romania: Cheile Vârghișului
Biking in Romania: Cheile Vârghișului Somewhere in the heart of Romania, on the eastern edge of Transylvania, there is a less known but amazing place: Cheile Vârghișului or Vargyas-Szoros. The second name is the Hungarian version as the whole region is inhabited mostly by the […]
Biking in Romania: Transylvania Bike Trails Network
Biking in Romania: Transylvania Bike Trails Network Right in the heart of Transylvania, somewhere in between Brașov and Sighișoara, you can find all you need for mountain biking: Transylvania Bike Trails Network. The network is the biggest in Romania. It includes 100km of trails, connecting […]
Biking in Romania: Făget Forest
Biking in Romania: Făget Forest Few days in Cluj worth doing some biking. For those who live around Cluj or for those who may want to visit Cluj, there are some good news: there are few MTB tracks around Făget forest, readily accessible. The trail […]
Illustrations with a human touch: Liliana Arnaut
Illustrations with a human touch: Liliana Arnaut I think we have all heard about motivational speeches and motivational literature. Things that inspire us, positive thoughts, incentive words. Liliana Arnăut managed to combine all these things together with her passion for painting, creating some sort of […]
Cutia Ţăranului (The Peasant’s Box)
Cutia Ţăranului (The Peasant Box) Natural healthy food is nowadays a worldwide issue. Commodity, lack of time or lack of awareness bring more and more people into the position of consuming processed foods from supermarkets. The traditional markets started to loose ground in the favor […]
Hundred Percent Romanian
Hundred Percent Romanian Lately there have been more and more articles regarding the food we eat. Several case studies pointing at the way foods are processed and the amount of substances that are injected in them in order to stimulate crops growth. More and more videos […]
Some Romanian proverbs and sayings
Some Romanian proverbs and sayings Although there are proverbs in all languages and cultures and most of them have the same meaning, some translations may sound funny or at least weird. Here is a list of Romanian proverbs which are translated into English word by […]
A few things Romanian people already know
A few things Romanian people already know Some facts about Romania Probably one of the most used Romanian expression to describe the country is: “Romania is such a beautiful country but it`s too bad that it is inhabited.” Romania is a very privileged country regarding […]
Two Romanian travellers: Into the world
Overseas or… Into the world When I first wrote to Ana and Ionuț, sometime in October, I had in mind a portrait within the I`m Romanian campaign. After some exchanges of words and e-mails, I realized how natural it was for them to express their […]
Biking in Romania: Bai Mountains
Biking in Romania: Bai Mountains Bai Mountains is one of the most visible mountain ranges in Romania, being just across the road that connects Bucharest to Brașov. Unfortunately, most people don`t even know of their existence, as on the opposite side lies a more spectacular […]