Laziness. That's the best word to describe my state of mind and body, during the long weekend I spent in Sibiu county, right in the middle of the hottest month of the year: August. The trip came after months of lockdown in Bucharest, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and for the first time since I … Continue reading Lazy summer days in Sibiu county
There's no such thing as a bad time to visit the beautiful and flamboyant city of Paris, even if the wind is blowing hard, it's raining, or the temperatures are close to freezing. I know that this sounds like a pretty common phrase, the kind that everyone knows and accepts without questioning, but the good thing is that … Continue reading November chills in Paris
Portugal had become one of my favourite destination, right after my first trip there, back in September 2017. Since then, I've been to Lisbon several times, and each one of the visits was one of a kind, with its own characteristics and experiences. Lisbon is definitely not a city in which you could get bored easily. But as you … Continue reading Weekends in Portugal: Discovering Porto and Surfing in Peniche
What do you do when it's the middle of December, you have no plans for New Year's Eve, and you don't want to stay at home? It's easy, at least in theory: you start searching online for some cheap plane tickets. Now, the words "cheap" and "NYE" don't go along well. Finding a bargain on … Continue reading A taste of Sweden: celebrating New Year’s Eve in Malmö
Lyon, la capitale gastronomique du monde et une merveilleuse ville! I’m starting with quite a strong statement, that I plan to prove till the end of the article. One important note to myself: I didn’t use Google Translate for the phrase. Seems like I haven't completely forgotten French, although I haven’t practiced it in almost … Continue reading Only Lyon
Is Portugal the best European destination of 2017? Searching a bit online, you will see that many articles say so. Checking a few photos will also increase these beliefs. But what's with all this hype, that grew bigger and bigger in the past years? I wanted to see it with my own eyes, so I … Continue reading Lisbon and Algarve: Portugal’s popular city and its best beaches
Transylvania, the land of Count Dracula and vampires. Wait, that's just a very used cliché, which I am not a big fan of. Many Western Europeans associate this region of Romania to vampires, due to Bram Stoker's Gothic horror novel, Dracula, and to the legend of Vlad the Impaler, prince of Wallachia in the 15th … Continue reading Weekend in Transylvania: Brașov county
