Transylvania

The romanians are a mixture of Romans and Dacians, two ancient civilisations which mixed starting with 106 BC and finished by 276 with the retreat of the Roman troops from Moesia - their Dacian province, during Emperor's Aurelian reign. That's why ...

Having no more than 10 days, we've decided to take our car and drive as close (or as far) as to Romania. Despite being only about 400km from the Polish border it does not attract as many tourists as it should. Here's what we found and what we'd like to ...

... this lowly tourist hits up larger destinations.  Which leads us to our next destination: Brasov. Brasov is the capital of Transylvania, a province (county?  Dunno what they are called here) of Romania.  Yes, I just came from an Eastern ...

... rumored he may have stayed here a few nights at the "Bran's Castle", but really, since Bram Stoker had never even BEEN to Transylvania, we went to this castle, to play on the myth and lore, with no actual historical significance to it at all. In fact, ...

Sunday, September 3, 2006 Crossing into Transylvania 11:00pm Sibiu Time Dear Readers: That cup of strong coffee with dinner last night was a mistake. I have a hard time going to sleep even with a sleeping pill, and the alarm rouses me way before ...