A Virtual Trip to Lugoj

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A Virtual Trip to Lugoj

Rimetea - One of the Most Beautiful Villages in Romania

// One of my favorite destinations during the summer are the Western... 

Rimetea - One of the Most Beautiful Villages in Romania

“Piloţii nu mor niciodată, ei decolează şi nu se mai întorc”

// 20 aprilie 2009 - Comemorare Doru Davidovici 20... 

The Monastery of Barsana

// Barsana is a village in Maramures, on the right bank of the river Iza, 20 km off Sighetul... 

The Monastery of Barsana

Romanian Coliva Recipe

// Yesterday, in my post about Lazarus’ Saturday (April 11, 2009) I mentioned a special dish,... 

Romanian Coliva Recipe

Easter in Romania 2009

// Easter is the most important Romanian holiday in the Orthodox calendar. I already covered a few... 

Easter in Romania 2009

Boboteaza Traditions Come Back to Life

// Related to Mihaela’s post, “Epiphany and Saint John Day“, I... 

Boboteaza Traditions Come Back to Life

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A Virtual Trip to Lugoj

A Virtual Trip to Lugoj

The city was the home town of famous Dracula actor Bela Lugosi, a Romanian-Hungarian native, whose real name was Blasko.

Rimetea - One of the Most Beautiful Villages in Romania

Rimetea - One of the Most Beautiful Villages in Romania

One of my favorite destinations during the summer are the Western Carpathians (Romanian: Munţii Apuseni), an area with splendid landscapes, where the nature is green and unspoiled, the forested hills change with colorful open meadows. Numerous rivers have cut spectacular canyons and created the most fascinating caves.

Because of the difficult access roads, many of the [...]

“Piloţii nu mor niciodată, ei decolează şi nu se mai întorc”

20 aprilie 2009 - Comemorare Doru Davidovici
20 de ani de la ultima decolare.
Luni, 20 aprilie 2009, va avea loc comemorarea trecerii în nefiinţă a pilotului – scriitor Doru Davidovici, căzut la 20 aprilie 1989, în timpul unui zbor de instrucţie pe un avion de vânătoare tip MIG 21UM. Ziua comemorativă, organizată de Asociaţia “Aripi Româneşti”, [...]

The Monastery of Barsana

The Monastery of Barsana

Barsana is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Romania, UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Romanian Coliva Recipe

Romanian Coliva Recipe

Yesterday, in my post about Lazarus’ Saturday (April 11, 2009) I mentioned a special dish, used to celebrate the dead: coliva.

Coliva is the Romanian translation of the Greek κόλλυβα (kólliva) and it describes a sweet pudding made of boiled wheat.

This “desert” is used liturgically in both Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic churches. Romania and Greece are [...]

Holidays and Events

Epiphany and Saint John Day

Epiphany and Saint John Day

January 6th and 7th are two special days in the Christian Orthodox calendar. The Epiphany Day (Boboteaza, January 6th) and Saint John’s Day (Santion, January 7th) are two of the most popular religious holidays, rich in meanings and symbols.
For the Romanians the Epiphany Day, also called Boboteaza or Teofania, is a day of purity and [...]

Romanian Architecture

A  Cradle of Art and Ethos: Palace of Culture, Iasi

A Cradle of Art and Ethos: Palace of Culture, Iasi

This amazing building is the Palace of Culture from Iasi, Romania.

It hosts over 8000 paintings (many declared national and universal patrimony) signed by artists like Paolo Veronese, Pietro Liberi, Salvator Rosa, Anthony van Dyck, Eustache Le Sueur and many others.

It is home of over 35000 relics from various fields: archeology, art, ancient scholastic, anthropology and [...]

Romanian History

The Pearl of Past Times: Bucharest

In the rush of the modern lifestyles how many of us stop to recall the glory of the past? Do we all live by the motto “what’s gone is gone and what’s done is done” or do we somehow manage to learn from the past, to understand its values and to understand that there would [...]

Romanian Personalities

“Piloţii nu mor niciodată, ei decolează şi nu se mai întorc”

20 aprilie 2009 - Comemorare Doru Davidovici
20 de ani de la ultima decolare.
Luni, 20 aprilie 2009, va avea loc comemorarea trecerii în nefiinţă a pilotului – scriitor Doru Davidovici, căzut la 20 aprilie 1989, în timpul unui zbor de instrucţie pe un avion de vânătoare tip MIG 21UM. Ziua comemorativă, organizată de Asociaţia “Aripi Româneşti”, [...]

Romanian Traditions

Easter in Romania 2009

Easter in Romania 2009

Easter is the most important Romanian holiday in the Orthodox calendar. I already covered a few traditions last year – and starting today I will write a series of articles that will present even more traditions, itineraries for those who would like to spend Easter in Romania this year, food recipes and more.

Last year I [...]

Touristic Attractions

A Virtual Trip to Lugoj

A Virtual Trip to Lugoj

The city was the home town of famous Dracula actor Bela Lugosi, a Romanian-Hungarian native, whose real name was Blasko.