Medias, Romania

... brought tens of people to the small town of about 25,000. Of this festival, we knew nothing. In fact, my Rough Guide to Romania barely spared more than a few lines on the not-so-intriguing town. They did point out that a hostel had opened off of the ...

... sign was on the ground, propped up by the wall and quite rusty, I thought that this must be what passes for advertising in rural Romania. I pushed open the door, saw and empty room to the right. As I looked left I saw the store, and it was filled to the ...

Almost every church was built as a walled, back-up fort.