Stories from travels in

Romania

Brașov, Romania

Brașov isn’t a city that was ever on my radar. We hit upon it by accident. Had my geography been better than it is, we’d

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I’ve gotten presents that have been extravagantly beribboned and expensively wrapped and yet failed to live up to my expectations. I’ve also had the most amazingly

On the road in Romania

Horse-drawn carts are not an unusual sight in Romania, where for many they’re a familiar mode of transportation. But the sight of two lipsticked, middle-aged women

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sometimes things just ain’t what they seem. Sometimes our expectations let us down. Sometimes, though,  we can be pleasantly surprised. So much of it depends