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Daily Wanderlust: Brasov’s Town Square
Blog: The Adventures of D - 30 April 2012
Daily Wanderlust: Brasov’s Town SquareLocated in Transylvania, Brasov, Romania is a small city (and one of the most visited in the country). Here, people can explore the nearby mountains and local Dracula lore, rent [...]d travels 'round
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Daily Wanderlust: Nighttime in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Blog: The Adventures of D - 14 March 2012
Daily Wanderlust: Nighttime in Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaBefore I got to Romania, I had momentarily been lonely enough during my solo travels and nervous about staying on budget that I considered searching for flights to Singapore to [...]d travels 'round
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Daily Wanderlust: Brasov, Romania
Blog: The Adventures of D - 13 March 2012
Daily Wanderlust: Brasov, RomaniaBrasov, Romania is where I got back in touch with my travel bliss. Thanks to staying at a superfly hostel, a roadtrip complete with steering wheel death grips and an [...]d travels 'round
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Church in a Romanian Village
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 12 March 2012
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel quotes.
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Vagabond Hiker Scholar – Francis Tapon
Blog: Vagobond.com - 21 January 2012
If there is a modern day heir to the great traveler/scholar Ibn Batutta - I would say that Francis Tapon is the guy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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The A-Z of D Travels ‘Round
Blog: The Adventures of D - 26 December 2011
The A-Z of D Travels ‘RoundHappy 2012! Well, Happy 2012 a few days early. While everyone is either dragging themselves into work for the short week, or spending time on a lil’ holiday, I figured [...]d travels 'round
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Cheapskate Chronicles: Free Walking Tours in Europe
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 9 November 2011
Imagine arriving at the latest European city on your itinerary, checking into your hotel or hostel, and feeling somewhat disoriented by your new surroundings. How then to regain your bearings?
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Spooky Travels – Great Hallowe’en Haunts
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 27 October 2011
Canadians love Hallowe'en. While we may celebrate Halloween in full force, there are a lot of places around the world that I would love to spend the night for a good scare.
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Kids playing in a Romanian village
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 13 October 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Deb’s First Photostory, Mongol Rally Moments
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 10 September 2011
What did we see on the road during the Mongol Rally? A Lot. I know that Dave always does the PhotoStories on the Website, but I had a few gems that I took during our 5 weeks on the road.
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Colorful buildings in Sighisoara, Romania
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 8 September 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Vodka on the Balkan Express
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 6 September 2011
If your experience with European rail travel is confined to the superb grand vitesse trains in Germany, Switzerland, or France, then trying to do the same in Eastern Europe will come as a rude shock.
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Finding More than Dracula in Romania
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 23 August 2011
As I wandered around Sighisoara, searching for coffins, bats, vampires and human blood, I realized Romania wasn’t going to give me what I wanted – lots of cheesy Dracula tourism. I had been to Bran, Transylvania, and Bucharest and so far had encountered nothing about vampires. It was odd. The Romanians just haven’t decided to [...]
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The Saturday City: Brasov
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 20 August 2011
I loved my visit to Romania and I found Brasov to my favorite city. I had the best time there and I found it to be a wonderful base for exploring the area. For some reason, hardly anyone visits Romania. I rarely ever saw any large groups of tourists while here. But for the travelers [...]
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Bad Things do Happen on the Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 20 August 2011
By the time this post goes live, I’m hoping that I will be close to entering Mongolia. I feel (and hope) it’s at this point I can breath a small sigh of relief. As we’ve traveled through Europe and Central Asia, I’ve been slightly on edge because driving a car through these parts of the world as [...]
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Brasov, Our Apartment and Hooking up with Nomadic Matt
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 16 August 2011
OK, can I just say that we had the best breakfast so far in Europe in Brasov.Our good friends at roomorama hooked us up with a great apartment at Ambient Rentals located right downtown Brasov in Romania
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Daily Travel Photo – Romania
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 15 August 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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The Weekly Photo: A Beggar in Romania
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 14 August 2011
A beggar in Brasov, Romania (What I like about this photo is the way the beggar is being ignored and in the background. In a way it could be a statement about his place in society.) ©Nomadic Matt's Travel Site. Want to save OVER $700 USD on your next trip? Get Free Travel Coupons with [...]
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Crossing Borders with Natasha- Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 8 August 2011
We unpacked the whole car in the McDonald’s parking lot only to repack it all up again. We had to prepare - prepare for our first border crossing into the ‘wild East’; Eastern Europe that is. We moved electronics into secure places, I hid my cash in my feminine products such as my tampon bag [...]
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Twilight in Brasov – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 5 August 2011
I must admit, the only thing I really knew about Romania when we blew threw the old abandoned border structure on the highway was that it was the homeland of Nadia Comaneci the gymnast. However I quickly learned that I was entering the world of Count Dracula thanks to numerous signs, and hotel names. I’m [...]
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How to cross a Ukrainian Border
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 3 August 2011
We were originally going into Moldova. The map said that we’d be crossing into the country from Romania and driving for about an hour before reaching the Ukrainian border. Once we got to the border patrol in Romania, we were told different. It all started when we were told that the … portion of Moldova [...]
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The Other Europe
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 1 August 2011
Destination: Eastern Europe Book: (2004, newly out in paperback) by Andrzej Stasiuk So few of the place names in On the Road to Babadag were familiar, that I began to wonder if I had ever left the farm. Actually, Andrzej Stasiuk, a Pole, wrote this for a Polish audience, who might have more of a clue than [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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UNESCO World Heritage Site #140: Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 31 July 2011
From the World Heritage inscription: The Transylvanian villages with fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. They are characterized by the specific land-use system, settlement pattern, and organization of the family farmstead units preserved since the late Middle Ages, dominated by their fortified churches, which illustrate building periods from [...]
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UNESCO World Heritage Site #139: Historic Centre of Sighisoara
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 29 July 2011
From the World Heritage inscription: Sighisoara, an example of a small fortified city in the border region between the Latin-oriented culture of central Europe and the Byzantine-Orthodox culture of south-eastern Europe, is outstanding testimony to the fast-disappearing culture of the Transylvanian Saxons. The city, which lies in the heart of Transylvania, developed on a plateau, [...]
