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Visions of Heaven; Romania's famous painted monasteries are the beautiful legacy of a bygone era and vibrant centres of faith for today
By John Moore(Toronto Star) Every day, Tatiana Drelcuic sees visions. "I see Heaven, I see angels ... I see God, because the images are the gateway to God," she says, describing the exquisite...
Bucharest: Brick by Brick
By Richard Newton (Global Traveler) With steady determination, Bucharest constructs a foundation for its future. We are in Piata Romana — Roman Square. Traffic swirls around us, funneled into...
Where Art and Faith Embrace in Gura Humorului, Romania
By RUTH ELLEN GRUBER (The New York Times) GURA HUMORULUI, ROMANIA — The Bucovina region in the far north of the country, wrote the Romanian scholar Silviu Sanie, is "one of those blessed realms...
A Little Taste of Transylvania
Source: Tim Leffel's Blog (Editor, Perceptive Travel and Cheapest Destinations Blog) Humor Monastery - The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina, Northern Romania Sibiu - Little Square and The Council...
Le vin de la jeune fille
Jidvei — Qu'on soit amateur de vin ou pas, il faut explorer le plateau Târnave, un haut lieu de la viticulture en Roumanie depuis plus de 2000 ans. Églises fortifiées et villages fleuris...
Transylvanian town keeps its medieval charm and grace
By John Moore (Toronto Star) Sibiu - Aerial ViewA canopy of grape vines rustles in the early evening breezeover the tables of a small cafe which sits tucked on a landing halfway down a winding,...
Deep in the Carpathians, Painted Parables
By PETER WORTSMAN (The New York Times) WHEN the Moldavian prince Stephen the Great won his first decisive victory against the Turks five and a quarter centuries ago, he decided to mark the...
A Unique Romanian Cheese
AAA Home and Away Magazine – By Jeanine Barone With so many vendors flocking from all over Romania to Bucharest's Traditional Food Market to sell their wares on a summer weekend, it's hard to...
Eternal Terrain
By Alexander Lobrano ( Saveur ) Just North of Bucharest, I left this century behind, and an hour later, the last one fell by the wayside, too. As I slowed the car to turn onto a dusty country...
Through Doors in Romania
By Tim Leffel (USA Today) What comes to your mind when you think of Romania? Probably something having to do with a certain book, a certain creature of the night, and maybe a castle associated...