Author: Biencutza
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[Books] Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
So simple, but still so brilliant! I read it very fast, it immediately caught my attention, although at a glance, it seems as if it lacks its sparkle, its I-don’t-know-what.
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Bella Italia – Day 5 and 6
The last two days of our trip in Italy were a bit different that the first ones as we left the quiet and relaxing Cinque Terre for Florence and Bologna, with crowded streets, lots of noise, but still with great arhitecture and attractive spots.
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[Books] American Pastoral – Philip Roth
It took me quite some time to read this book, but I finally managed to read its last pages a couple of days ago. It takes a lot of your energy to digest the events in the American Pastoral, as everything that happens seems to be too absurd to actually take place in a real…
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Bella Italia – Day 4
The forth day of our trip in Italy was the last one we would spend in Cinque Terre, so in the morning we headed towards Riomaggiore where we would spend the night. After we left our luggage, we took the train to visit Manarola. I fell in love with this lovely village, almost the same…
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Bella Italia – Day 3
The plan for our third day in Italy was to visit the next village from Cinque Terre, Corniglia. A bit tired after all the hiking we had done a day before, we woke up early and took the foot trail between Vernazza and Corniglia. It turned out to be an easier trail than the one…
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My Sibiu International Theater Festival 2013
Sibiu International Theater Festival celebrated its 20th edition this year with great performances, from all cultural areas. It was a mixture of theater, music concerts, theater for children, dance, street performance and circus. I was happy to be a part of all this and get the chance to see some great acts with great artists.
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Bella Italia – Day 1 and 2
Somewhere during last winter, I saw this picture on facebook and said to myself that this would be the perfect place for a summer holiday. So we started planning the whole trip and here we are, on a Friday morning leaving from Bucharest to Bologna and taking the train to Cinque Terre.
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[Romania] Roman City Porolissum
In the district of Salaj, close to the cities Zalau and Jibou lies a 2000 years old Roman city, with a surface of over 500ha. Nowadays, most of the buildings have disappeared, but traces of the life in the Romans and Dacians era are still visible. Porta Praetoria
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[Documentary] Scars of Solitude
A sad documentary made by Beny Cosma about a village somewhere in Transylvania where everybody left and only this old woman remained, all alone, with a dog and chicken as her best friends.
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[Romania] Jibou Botanical Garden
Jibou is a small city somewhere in Transylvania. You might even think that there isn’t too much to say about a town of this size. But actually, it hides one of the most beautiful, well organized and maintained Botanical Gardens I have seen so far in Romania.
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[Romania] Grădina Zmeilor Natural Reserve
Somewhere in the direction of Zalau, in a village called Gâlgău Almaşului there is an unique and one of the most weird natural places named by the locals Grădina Zmeilor Natural Reserve. Translated in English, it would mean The Dragons’ or Ogres’ Garden. In the Romanian folk mythology a ‘zmeu’ is a fantastic creature, imagined as…
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[Romania] The Banffy Castle
Last weekend we went to Cluj and on Saturday we had a road trip in the Cluj and Salaj districts in search of some beautiful places, 100% authentic Romanian culture and nature. Our first stop was the Banffy Castle, in the Bontida village, 30 km far from Cluj, in the direction of Dej.
The Chocolates Of Life 