Author: Biencutza
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[Books] The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
I did see the movie some years ago, but I didn’t remember too much of it and I ended up reading the book because it seemed like a good option to buy in an airport book-store. It’s quite an impressive story, especially when reading it now, in the global context that we live in.
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[UK] The Chatsworth House
In May this year we had a one week trip to the UK to finally visit some friends who have been living in Chesterfield for the last 7 – 8 years. And since Wizzair decided to introduce a flight from Sibiu to London 3 times a week, it was the perfect excuse to finally make…
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[Books] Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
I don’t have so much time for books nowadays. My goodreads challenge gets smaller and smaller every year, but I do manage to select the books I want to read to make sure they are really worth it. Flowers for Algernon is one of the books I read recently and I just loved it. The…
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[Greece] Going on a island in winter : Aegina
Part of our trip to Athens at the beginning of the year was also a one day trip to the Aegina island. Just a one hour distance by boat, it’s a perfect destination if you want to see a more picturesque part of Greece, not very far from Athens.
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Travelers of Bucharest City Guide
Although Bucharest is not one of my most favorite cities in the world, it does seem to get more and more popular among tourists nowadays and has become a quite interesting destination on the European map. So it does need a proper city guide for us, the modern tourists using all sorts of smart phones,…
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[Greece] 2 days in Athens
For the second year now, we planned a city break somewhere in February around Valentine’s Day (well, actually around Dragobete Day – which is the Romanian Valentine’s Day celebrated on the 24th of February). In 2014 we visited Istanbul and this year we spent 3 days in Athens.
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[Books] The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath, I think, is the kind of book that should teach you some important life lessons about true moral values, about family, about learning to appreciate what life gives you, instead of always envying others for what they have. It’s a book I would give my children to read so they understand…
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[Books] American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
It’s the most shocking book I have ever read. EVER! And I still think my mind is a bit sick for being able to actually read it until the end.
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[Romania] Just a short trip to the Bâlea Waterfalls
We left the house on the Sunday morning planning to go up to the Bâlea Lake with the cable car. Is was winter and quite a heavy weather down in Sibiu and we tought that for sure there will be no one planning to do the same thing as us. But we were very wrong,…
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[Romania] The Praid Salt Mine
To the Praid Salt Mine we went on a January Saturday morning, before starting our trip to the Piatra Singuratică chalet. Very good choice as outside was colder than in the mine and the mine was almost empty, as most turists come during summer time. So lucky us, we had some quiet time to explore the…
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[Romania] Winter Hiking to the Lonely Stone (Piatra Singuratică)
The trip to Piatra Singuratică was on our list for quite a long time, but a winter weekend seemed like the best time to actually make it happen. The trip is quite short and short winter days are just perfect for some pure outdoor pleasure. So one cold January weekend it happened.
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Restaurants in Sibiu: La Cuptor
La Cuptor is a new restaurant that just opened about a month ago in Sibiu and a girls night out seemed like the perfect occasion to give it a try.
The Chocolates Of Life 