Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
Travel via Stories
Reading about the legends and history of a place you plan to visit is a must if you wish to turn your traveling experience into a whimsical time. Sibiu is a spellbinding traveling location and Romania’s Destination of the Year for 2024. Yes, my native Romania, Europe’s coolest destination.
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It’s never been easier to journey to the Romanian Banat than it is right now, via its forgotten stories whispered by the wind, carried by its streams, and shared by its welcoming people.
Continue reading “Travel Now to Lush Romanian Banat via Forgotten Stories”Although I am a Christian Orthodox I’ve always wondered why there is an Easter Bunny, what’s its secret, what story brought the hare among the other beautiful and meaningful Paschal symbols such as the Easter Eggs, the lamb, or the lily flower.
This year Orthodox Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, May the 5th and I look forward to coloring Easter eggs with their ancient symbology (this year we’ll try all natural dyes), cooking delicious Romanian lamb-terrine called drob, assisting my husband in baking delicious cozonac, and mostly celebrating the holy fire of Easter, in my heart. There was no Easter Bunny when I grew up in Romania.
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Enjoy discovering the picturesque collection “Poetry Treasures 4: In Touch With Nature” in which I, too, have six poems included alongside 11 other imaginative poets. I’m celebrating my stop in the book release blog tour with 5 Reasons Why Poetry Holds My Heart published on Author D. L. Finn’s lovely blog. Join me there!
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Finding enjoyment in poetry is as simple as reading the poem on the page.
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