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[Romania] Hiking and camping at the Capra Lake

Nov 8, 2021

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Summer is definitely for high altitudes. And the Făgăraș Mountains are so close by, that for us, a few days off from work, a good weather forecast and a couple of friends easily turn into a nice hike up on the ridge.

Closer to nature: Foraging for mushrooms and wild herbs

Aug 20, 2021

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in Books, Cooking, Slow Food in Romania, travelling

The last two years have been a bit hectic around the world, with lots of panic, anxieties and uncertain realities. In order to keep myself physically and mentally sane and to concentrate on things I really have a control on, I switched my attention in a direction that has been giving me lots of satisfaction…

[Romania] Saxon Trek 2020

Aug 9, 2021

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in In the county, My Sibiu, saxon trek, transylvania, travelling

Saxon Trek is about discovering the Saxon villages step by step, walking from village to village in search of their personality, discovering their history, culture, traditions and gastronomy. In 2019 we started this journey with a one week of walking in a loop, from one village to another, a 150 kilometers walk, with forests, hills,…

[Romania] A kids Slow Food Project in Sibiu

May 5, 2021

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in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us. The Slow Food Trail (Poteca…

[Romania] Biking in the Transylvanian Highlands

Apr 27, 2021

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in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania, travelling

Biking has been one of my favorite outdoor activities since forever (thanks, mom&dad, for buying me my first bike when I was about 7 and getting the chance to spend all of my childhood summers riding a bike in the countryside). In recent years, mostly due to an improper personal time management and to not…

[Egypt] Ancient Cairo

Apr 5, 2021

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in africa, Egypt

I’ve always had a passion for the Egyptian Ancient civilization and one of my desires was to see with my own eyes, in real size and shape, the remnants of this civilization. Last year, just one month before the entire world would be facing this modern pandemic, I headed for a 2 weeks business trip…

[Romania] Winter Family Trip to the Suru Chalet

Feb 23, 2021

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in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, transylvania

Weekends at the Suru Chalet are for sure becoming a tradition for us. We keep saying that for us it’s the perfect mountain escape, especially when we travel with our daughter. 2021 had quite a good kick off for us – we are in the mood for being active and enjoying nature and since snow…

[Romania] The Negoiu Chalet in Winter

Jan 13, 2021

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in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, transylvania, travelling

Winter this year took a longer time than expected to show its face in the city and at lower altitudes in general in Romania, so it left us no choice but to put our hiking boots on, gather warm clothes in a backpack and head towards the mountains, in search of some proper snow.

The Romanian Blouse

Dec 1, 2020

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Biencutza

in Romania

Women in my family have been, for generations, talented and passionate about sewing, weaving and embroidery. Simple women from the countryside, used to working the field to provide food for rather large families, they had a bright intelligence that was not necessarily developed in school, but rather day by day, in figuring out life. They…

[Romania] Camping in the Buila-Vânturarița National Park

Nov 6, 2020

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in oltenia, Romania

Back to the Buila-Vânturarița National Park for the third time in the last years, this time with a quite heavy backpack and on a quite long and not so easy trail.

[Romania] Băile Govora – a time forgotten SPA

Oct 5, 2020

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in oltenia, Romania

SPAs in Romania have a long history and this because the country is full of natural springs, with waters that have been known for centuries (even millennia) to heal people. These places would normally be the highlights of a country that knows well how to promote its treasures, but in Romania most of them are…

[Romania] One summer week at the Suru Chalet

Sep 28, 2020

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in In the county, Romania, transylvania

As lots of our traveling plans got cancelled this year and considering the social distancing, we ended up to spend one week at one of our favorite chalets in the Făgăraș Mountains, Cabana Suru. It was something we were thinking of doing for a long time, to go there and spend more than one weekend,…

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