Romania – Page 2 – The Chocolates Of Life

[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…

[Romania] Winter Family Trip to the Suru Chalet

Feb 23, 2021

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Biencutza

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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Biencutza

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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Biencutza

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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Biencutza

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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Biencutza

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,…

[Romania] Weekend in a tree cottage

Sep 23, 2020

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Biencutza

in Romania, transylvania

In an attempt to spend more time outdoors with our daughter and driven by a personal childhood dream, this summer we spent 3 nights in a remote, yet easy to reach by car, sort of wooden tree cottage, with noting else around, but trees, pastures and all the attractions that nature provides: fresh air, beautiful…

[Romania] Relaxing days at the Danube

Sep 1, 2020

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Biencutza

in Banat, East Europe, Romania

One of Romania’s touristic attractions is for sure the Danube River. It is also the Southern Romanian border for 1075 kilometers, getting to the South-Eastern part of the country and creating an unique landscape in Europe – the Danube Delta. Unfortunately, this river is not touristically exploited at its maximum potential and there are only…

[Romania] Hike to Cabana Urlea

Aug 25, 2020

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Biencutza

in East Europe, Romania, transylvania, travelling

Cabana Urlea was, until it got so deteriorated, one of the most important access points to the Făgăraș Mountains Ridge, when hiking from East to West. Now it’s just a ruin, but hiking there is still a pleasure, so we planned a day trip beginning of June. It was just after the COVID state of…

[Romania] Rediscovering my home village

Aug 18, 2020

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Biencutza

in oltenia, Pets & Plants, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, travelling

The world situation this year, that inevitably also affected Romania beginning of March, made us reconsider our options when we heard rumors about a possible lock-down, with being allowed to only go out to get supplies. With a 5 year-old in the house, the kindergarten closed, us both working remote, full time, we had to…

[Romania] The Snowdrops Forest

Aug 3, 2020

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Biencutza

in Romania, transylvania, travelling

Spring in our part of the world officially starts when the first snowdrop flowers come out of the last layer of the winter snow and show off their beauty and perfection. When I was a child, the appearance of snowdrops in March was definitely a moment of joy, as I knew that the warmer days…

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