Laura Boldovici

August 12, 2016

Surprisingly, Bucovina

Bucovina is probably the most beautiful unknown region of Romania. Unknown to me at least, until recently. I had my excuses, for many years: it’s too far, the roads are not very good, it’s most likely overrated. Not even the 7 painted monasteries included on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list, nor the Pomme d’Or international prize given by The International […]
August 4, 2016

Weekend Escapes, a Bucharest To-Do List

– by Giulia Andreola Have you ever asked yourself what the capital of Romania looks like? Or even, what could you do there if you were supposed to spend a weekend? To answer the first question, it is very likely that many of you will associate Bucharest exclusively with the soviet architecture. And you’d be almost right. Partly because there […]
July 13, 2016

The Wolf Warriors

The first to mention the “Getae” or the “Dacians” was Herodotus, the “father of history”, in the fifth century BC. They belonged to the Thracian sphere of influence, but they clearly distinguished themselves by particularities of religion and custom. The Dacians were known as Geta (plural Getae) in Ancient Greek writings, and as Dacus (plural Daci) or Getae in Roman documents. The historian Strabo specified that the Daci are the Getae who lived […]
June 28, 2016

My two years in Romania

During her time in Romania, our very own Giulia fell in love with everything around her. Read all about her experience and see why, once here, you will fall in love with Romania as well. What has Romania to offer to tourists? Why somebody who has travelled all over the world, who’s seen so many amazing places and lived thousands […]
June 22, 2016

Romania: beyond the story of a secret language

Ever since the beginning of times people have had the need to communicate and get close to one another. It lies in our nature to be social creatures and find ways to express our feelings and emotions. That is why from very ancient times people have created different ways of communication. That is how signs and symbols were born, some […]