Tag Archives: Romania

Holiday Season in România — Finale

Posted on January 10, 2020 by djnpub

The day before I left Romania started out a little hectic, as we were surprised because some things Maddy had ordered were incorrectly going to show up on the day as we were leaving. So before leaving town we had … Continue reading →

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Holiday Season in România — part 4

Posted on January 6, 2020 by djnpub

New Year’s Day and Piatra Craiului After sleeping in a bit on New Year’s morning, Maddy picked me up and we went to on of her favorite nearby National Parks Piatra Craiului. This includes the Piatra Craiului (Prince’s Stone) Mountains, … Continue reading →

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Holiday Season in România — part 3

Posted on January 1, 2020 by djnpub

Christmas Day I enjoyed my first Christmas in another country. I had a lazy start to Christmas morning, and had a nice and (relatively) quiet and relaxing Christmas day at the apartment. Everything was closed so I got a breakfast … Continue reading →

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Holiday Season in România — part 2

Posted on December 24, 2019 by djnpub

Transylvania, Brașov, and the southern Carpathian mountains After driving to Brașov and getting checked-in to the apartment, we went to a nice traditional barbeque restaurant, Roata Norocului, and were entertained by a middle aged singer singing American pop songs, and … Continue reading →

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One more trip — România again

Posted on December 19, 2019 by djnpub

Despite all the 25k+ miles of traveling I’ve done this year, I decided to squeeze in one more big trip over the holidays. I left for a long day/night of travel arriving in Bucharest on my birthday. My plan is … Continue reading →

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The Spring Travel Marathon is Over

Posted on May 28, 2019 by djnpub

Since the last day of February till the later part of May I took four major recreational trips, two of which were out of the country. I never planned to do so much traveling all at once when I started … Continue reading →

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România Finale

Posted on May 8, 2019 by djnpub

Wednesday morning I headed to the airport for my long flight home. As the travel direction was westward, the 10 hour time difference was recaptured during the 16 hour trip, so I arrived in the afternoon on the same day … Continue reading →

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Brașov and the Sights of Transylvania — 3

Posted on May 7, 2019 by djnpub

Monday, my last full day in Brașov, was another easy paced day. Maddy was still a bit under the weather. In the afternoon we ran a couple of errands. Then we went up past “gypsy area” to a nice restaurant … Continue reading →

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Brașov and the Sights of Transylvania — 2

Posted on May 5, 2019 by djnpub

On Saturday we drove up the mountain adjacent to Brașov to get some nice views over the city. Then we traveled further up to Poiana Brașov, which is a place where the mountains flatten out for a bit and the … Continue reading →

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Brașov and the Sights of Transylvania — 1

Posted on May 3, 2019 by djnpub

After touring the 3rd modern castle of the trip, we made our way to Brașov where I would be staying for most of the remainder of my time in Romania. Brașov county is stretched out along a fairly flat valley … Continue reading →

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