"A wizard does not make mistakes. He makes unexpected possibilities." – Merlin
On our way to Greece we stopped for one night in a small Macedonian town near the border. We went out to have something to eat and landed at a small burger place. The owner asked us if we had seen Stobi – an ancient city nearby. We had not, so we decided to be…
Stromboli is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily. Basically, it is a volcano, one third of which is visible above water. The volcano is active and the island is inhabited. There are three villages with a total population of about 500 people. There is a regular ferry service…
We had a plan to visit Stromboli island, but we missed our ferry (read about it in the next chapter). However, we were determined to see a volcano, so we did. Sicily has an active volcano of its own – the magnificent Mount Etna. Etna is one of three active volcanoes in Italy and is…
Our next stop was Lake Ohrid. It is ancient, one of Europe’s deepest and oldest lakes. Ohrid lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. That’s enough of encyclopaedic facts, we will skip to the part most important for travellers – the lake is extremely beautiful and is worth visiting. Our accommodation was a strange place.…
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…
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 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…