After travelling through the typical tourist route in Romania, we took a detour from the beaten tourist path and head into the rural countryside of Romania. Leaving Transylvania, we made one last stop in Hunedoara to see the famous Hunedoara Castle, before settling in Lugoj in Western Romania. Hunedoara Castle, also known as Corvin Castle, …
Most North Americans have an impression of Transylvania – dark, eerie, horse-drawn carriages and vampire legends – but that is so off base it’s unbelievable. We toured through the very heart of Transylvania between Sinia, Brașov, Sighişoara and Sibiu and rarely found anything related to vampire legend, besides a couple of cheesy tourist T-shirts and …
Romania’s capital Bucharest gets a bit of a bad rap, so I wasn’t sure what to expect during a visit there. Like any other major city, there is poverty and pollution, but like all other European capitals, there is so much amazing culture and architecture crammed into one place. Like many other tourists, we planned …
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