I vote we turn June, Cireşar how it is called in Romanian folklore, from the cherries twice ripe now, the month of everyone who’s young at heart. Who’s with me? 😉
Continue reading “June, Cireşar, a Month for the Young at Heart #Im4Ro”The DOG and his Reflection, a fable
Dogs must be the most unselfish creatures on earth, yet The Dog and his Reflection is a fable about a foolish, greedy mutt who was not content with what he already had – and that sounds familiar…
Continue reading “The DOG and his Reflection, a fable”Bran Castle’s Unique Door Knocker and a Crocus Legend #Im4Ro
There is a natural progression from the medieval Bran Castle with its unique brass door knocker in the shape of a queen’s head and the crocus legend.
Bran Castle’s Unique Door Knocker
The Bran Pass was long time one of the most important trade routs in Medieval times, between Asia, Moldavia, Wallachia, and further towards the Hungarian Kingdom and the West powers of Europe, and especially after the fall of Constantinople, after which the Ottoman Empire had full control over the Bosphorus strait, thus strangling in its unfaithful hand the sea trading of Venice and Genoa…
Continue reading “Bran Castle’s Unique Door Knocker and a Crocus Legend #Im4Ro”Bear And Travelers, A Killer Fable On Bare Friendship
If you ever plan on going in a journey, make sure you do so with true friends, warns us ‘The Bear and the Travelers’, a timeless fable here retold for its killer advice on always considering the bare bones of a friendship.
Continue reading “Bear And Travelers, A Killer Fable On Bare Friendship”Table Mountain and the Legend of the Querulous Giant who Blasted the Cape Sea Route Free
For nearly four centuries the Giant of Table Mountain watched over the only Cape Sea Route connecting the Mediterranean Sea, past Cape Town, South Africa, with the Indian Ocean.
Continue reading “Table Mountain and the Legend of the Querulous Giant who Blasted the Cape Sea Route Free”