Everybody loves Punta Cana and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, but this isolated 5* resort in the Samana peninsula may be the gem you were looking for.
El Portillo – the snorkelling capital of the Carribean
Baia Mare pictures, summer 2017
Baia Mare, my Transylvanian hometown, never fails to catch the corner of my eye with its wrought iron fences & flowery front lawns, its arches and communist-era mosaics…
Two foreigners who set the spotlight on Romania in 2016
Thanks to key influencers such as best selling author Robert D. Kaplan and star traveler Rick Steves, Romania was in the spotlight in 2016.
The pictured guide of Munich for the casual soccer and rock’n roll fan
Munich, the capital of Bavaria, is a great place to visit for soccer + rock’n roll fans like myself.
Romanian born, Canadian raised: the best English-language travel blog about Romania
If you were to plan a trip to Romania, the vast and beautiful land bordered by river Danube at the South and river Tisa at North, there are not that many English language blogs to read.
Baia Mare travel tips: fill it in with “Pufuleti de Busag” (corn puffs)
Hard to believe 20 years have passed this summer since my cousins Marinela and Axente Medan founded PUFULETE S.R.L. , the plant producing the best corn puffs in the world.
Everybody knows them as “pufuleti de Busag” (the “Busag corn puffs”, based on the location of the plant, the Busag village in the metro area of my natal hometown Baia Mare).
Baia Mare summer sights 2014: wrought iron and rose gardens.
I was born and raised in Baia Mare, a mining town with a history that goes beyond medieval times in Northern Transylvania, Romania.
Each time I visit during summer, I am welcome by trademark of my hometown. It reminds me of the happy childhood in the 1970s, and the beautiful people that populated it. It is the well manicured front yards, delimited by stylish wrought iron fences covered in roses.
Have a look!
Immigration and railway: a little love for Via Rail
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Picture credit: viarail.ca
Baia Mare travel tips: The Blue Lake
Hidden in the mountains surrounding my hometown Baia Mare lies this gem of a lake.
Travel tips: Reykjavik
I just came back from a 4-day trip to Reykjavik, Iceland.
If you’re Vikingland-bound any time soon (and you should be, because it’s almost an unveiled secret by now), the facts below may help you.
