Exploring Transylvania | Pelisor, Peles, and Bran Castles

On day two of my Romanian adventure, I headed out to the mysterious mountains of Transylvania – a place where fairy tales, legends, vampires and mysteries abound. Transylvania, the geographic center of Romania, has been a popular destination for business-people and travelers for centuries. Its position at the crossroads between Europe, the Middle East andContinue reading “Exploring Transylvania | Pelisor, Peles, and Bran Castles”

Weekend in Romania | Bucharest

This post was originally written for Syracuse University’s writing course, WRT 424: Writing a Sense of Place. It will soon be published in the class book.  We arrived in Romania on a sunny morning in late November. I was so excited – Romania sounded like such an enchanting place. My travel buddy Andrew and IContinue reading “Weekend in Romania | Bucharest”