Europe

Here's our final salute to Romania with a potpourri of people, places and things. And a nod to the Romanian language, which you know more about than you think, as it is derived mainly from…

The eight World Heritage wooden churches in the west of Romania are far different from the east's impressively painted churches (see that post here). The latter were Orthodox Christian built by royalty up to the…

In the northeast, we drove hundreds of kilometers amid the mountains, hills and valley - no road was the same and each of them presented either glorious vistas or atmospheric landscapes. In the west, amid…

As if painted churches and wooden churches, low costs, colorful old cities, and delightful terrain weren't enough to entice you to Romania, you can also visit quite a number of ancient castles and fortified churches…

The Orthodox religion flourished amid the rugged hills and rich valleys of Moldavia, the kingdom of eastern Romania. Influence from Slavic lands and old Constantinople made eastern Christianity strong here. By the middle ages, Moldavia's…

The old central sections of Romanian cities deliver fine eye candy as well as the typical European pleasures of outdoor tables in busy plazas or narrow streets. In that regard, we found these four Transylvanian…

In brief: Why we had a mixed reaction to Bucharest, yet appreciated some of its charms. People are often ambivalent about Bucharest. Our group walk guide alternated between wonder and sarcasm in showing it to…