"A wizard does not make mistakes. He makes unexpected possibilities." – Merlin
August 2022 In our previous day trips we came up with a brilliant idea, that it does not have to be a day trip. Rather than driving until midnight, it would be smarter to stay somewhere overnight. After visiting Merry Cemetery we decided not to rush home. We were driving towards Maramures Mountains Natural Park…
August 2022 “Merry” would not be the first word which comes to mind when you think about a graveyard. Death is to be taken seriously and respectfully, not something cheerful. But here we are – Merry Cemetery in Maramures, Romania. While in most of the societies death is all about grief, in the local Dacian…
August 2022 When we say “finally”, we really mean it. First time we got there by accident, but only saw a small part of it. Our navigator likes to take us on scenic routes, usually, on the way home. Second time we went there on purpose, but there was no internet connection, and we made…
July 2022 in Romania was sunny and hot. We did not have an air conditioner in the apartment we rented in Cluj, so we decided to go to a cold place. There is a glacier cave in Transylvania. Even in summer it is so cold in the cave, that ice does not melt, and the…
July 2022 By now you might think that we only visited Castles in Romania. That is not true. Our next point of interest was DN7C. Well, it is not really a point. It is a paved mountain road better known as Transfagarasan (Transfăgărășan). The road connects Transylvania and Wallachia crossing the southern Carpathian Mountains between…
July 2022 From now on we do not make stupid jokes about vampires in Transylvania. We are dead serious! See for yourself. Who would make a door on the upper floor with no stairs? There are no stairs inside of the house either (and no way to the upper floor at all). And why would…
July 2022 We had already failed to settle somewhere cheap and meditate for a month, so we continued our trip. We left Deva and we were going to Brașov. We booked a reasonably priced accommodation in the old town for two weeks. In the middle of the day we reached Fagaras and decided to stop…
June 2022 Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle was laid out in 1446 by János Hunyadi and is located in present day Hunedoara. Why Corvin then? There are several legends involving a raven and a ring, that explain why house Hunyadi became Corvinus (raven in Latin). Like every old castle this…
June 2022 Could there be a better time to arrive in Transylvania than twilight? We were approaching the apartment booked for the next three days, when we realised it was not far from the train station. After three nights under the flight path that was ironic. A white car that had overtaken us a minute…
On Monday morning we had a very important mission – see the psychiatrist, obtain prescriptions and refill Denis’s medicine supply. After the mission was successfully accomplished, we went for our favourite type of attraction – old architecture. Belgrade is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world, and a gem for…