OUR BLOG
March 11, 2014
With the second most important tourism event just behind us, I was pondering on what makes us travel. I often ask myself this question because for me traveling is vital so I wonder if we all have the “bug” or just some. My theory is that we all love to travel; some might not travel by moving physically from a […]
December 27, 2013
Romania has had beautiful sunny days for Christmas with temperatures that often we have for Easter. Except for a few parts of the country (especially the mountains), we did not have snow this year. One of these lucky locations to get white in time for Santa’s arrival is Viscri. As a dear friend told me while showing me these pictures, […]
December 15, 2013
The short answer to the question above is: nothing. Except for sharing a few letters and for being both related to Romania, Raluca and Dracula have nothing in common. The idea for this article came from some (not a few!) incidents in which people not familiar with the name “Raluca”, would call me RaCULA instead. It happened mostly in Germany, […]
December 4, 2013
One may legitimately wonder why does Prince Charles come so often to Romania, why did he buy and restore houses in Transylvania, and why does he repeatedly speak so highly of Romania and its people. Tour in Transylvania On my November trip around Transylvania, I stopped in two special locations: Miclosoara and Valea Zalanului. Just 30km apart from each other, […]
November 13, 2013
A travel fair is quite an event; the World Travel Market (WTM) in London is THE fair. For people passionate about travel and for those generally curious about the world and all its beautiful corners, a travel show is like having your favorite sweet in a warm café on a cold and windy day: delightful! We attended the WTM last […]
October 30, 2013
Down under, in the Turda Salt Mine The Turda Salt Mine is one of the coolest places you’ll ever see, hands down. Iceland in the summer, the Giant’s Causeway or, to bring it closer to home, Salar de Uyuni kind of cool. When in Transylvania, make sure you include the newly pimped Turda Salt Mine in your tour, to get […]
