"A wizard does not make mistakes. He makes unexpected possibilities." – Merlin
Actually, we did not want to leave Romania. We wanted to extend our stay for a couple of weeks. Dmitry received the second laptop and started working. It would be smart not to rush anywhere. We booked our apartment through AirB’n’B and though we never met our host we had very good communication in messenger.…
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 Village Bologa is situated on the river (surprise!) Bologa. Above the village on top of a steep hill lies one of the first Hungarian fortresses in Transylvania, which was known as Sebesvár. After several centuries of service the fortress was finally destroyed through explosion. Years of neglect turned it into what some sources…
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 The Balkans is not the best place to be a sophisticated tea addict. In a regular supermarket it is common to find a green tea called “Green Tea”, a black tea called “Black Tea”, a few teas flavoured with fruits and berries “identical to natural”, maybe, herbal teas. While Dmitry is OK with coffee most…
As it was mentioned in the previous chapter, we were going to Cluj-Napoca, and that is what we did. To be exact, we rented an apartment in Floresti – a suburb of Cluj.
July 2022 There is an old salt mine in Transylvania. It was first mentioned in 1075 and the first official document granting privileges to use the mine was issued in 1271. Explorations stopped in 1932. You can imagine how deep they dug during centuries. These days there is a salt therapy spa, a museum and…
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…